political
adjective
of, relating to, or concerned with politics.
prepolitical
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a word derived from
political.
Example Sentences
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The “gaffe,” in its old, prepolitical usage, was essentially a faux pas: a breach of etiquette or — in the diplomatic context, where it often appeared — local custom.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2016
Tyrion is the embodiment, in a small body, of the show’s prepolitical psychological range.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2016
The parties are a vestige of Mr. Bloomberg’s prepolitical days, when he was known for throwing lavish parties for employees at his media company.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
What appeared was not really 'a new Ike' at all, but a new reflection of that captivating figure, the 'old Ike' of London and Paris and the prepolitical days of long ago .
From Time Magazine Archive
The priestly Torah was an entirely unpolitical or rather prepolitical institution; it had an existence before the state had, and it was one of the invisible foundation pillars on which the state rested.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
