adj
Meaning 1
Having no interest or involvement in politics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Queen is an apolitical figure.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
apolitical
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adj
Meaning 2
Having no political relevance or function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The PM's visit to the school was entirely apolitical.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Politically neutral, unbiased, nonaligned and free from party politics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My colleagues and I come to this task with open minds, we are apolitical and independent of any political party.
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noun
Meaning 4
A person with no involvement or no interest in politics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
An unbiased candidate or voter, free of a party platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A neutral or uncommitted person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
politically neutral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unpolitical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From a- + political.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: apolític — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Chinese Mandarin: 政治冷感 (zhèngzhì lěnggǎn) — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Czech: apolitický — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Finnish: epäpoliittinen — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- French: apolitique — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Georgian: აპოლიტიკური (aṗoliṭiḳuri) — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Georgian: არაპოლიტიკური (araṗoliṭiḳuri) — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- German: unpolitisch — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Kazakh: бейсаясат (beisaäsat) — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Polish: apolityczny — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Portuguese: apolítico — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Serbo-Croatian: аполѝтичан — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Serbo-Croatian: аполѝтичкӣ — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Serbo-Croatian: apolìtičan — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Serbo-Croatian: apolìtičkī — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Swedish: opolitisk — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Swedish: apolitisk — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Ukrainian: аполіти́чний (apolitýčnyj) — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Welsh: anwleidyddol — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Welsh: amholiticaidd — Having no interest or involvement in politics
- Catalan: apolític — Having no political relevance or function
- Czech: nepolitický — Having no political relevance or function
- Finnish: epäpoliittinen — Having no political relevance or function
- French: apolitique — Having no political relevance or function
- Georgian: არაპოლიტიკური (araṗoliṭiḳuri) — Having no political relevance or function
- German: unpolitisch — Having no political relevance or function
- Irish: neamhpholaitiúil — Having no political relevance or function
- Kazakh: бейсаясат (beisaäsat) — Having no political relevance or function
- Serbo-Croatian: аполѝтичан — Having no political relevance or function
- Serbo-Croatian: аполѝтичкӣ — Having no political relevance or function
- Serbo-Croatian: apolìtičan — Having no political relevance or function
- Serbo-Croatian: apolìtičkī — Having no political relevance or function
- Swedish: opolitisk — Having no political relevance or function
- Welsh: anwleidyddol — Having no political relevance or function
- Welsh: amholiticaidd — Having no political relevance or function
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