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political economy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system—capitalist, socialist, mixed, etc.—influence each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, government, politics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ergonomics

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of economics (“the study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: economics, dismal science, political economy

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: economics, economic science

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social science

Narrower terms: econometrics, finance, macroeconomics, microeconomics, supply-side economics

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 政治經濟學 /政治经济学 (zhèngzhì jīngjìxué) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Dutch: politieke economie — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Dutch: staathuishoudkunde — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Estonian: poliitiline ökonoomia — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Finnish: poliittinen kansantaloustiede — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • French: économie politique — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Galician: economía política — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური ეკონომიკა (ṗoliṭiḳuri eḳonomiḳa) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Georgian: პოლიტიკური ეკონომია (ṗoliṭiḳuri eḳonomia) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Georgian: პოლიტეკონომია (ṗoliṭeḳonomia) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Georgian: პოლიტეკონომიკა (ṗoliṭeḳonomiḳa) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • German: politische Ökonomie — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Hungarian: politikai gazdaságtan — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Polish: ekonomia polityczna — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Romanian: economie politică — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Russian: политэконо́мия (politɛkonómija) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Russian: полити́ческая эконо́мия (politíčeskaja ekonómija) — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Swedish: politisk ekonomi — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science
  • Vietnamese: kinh tế chính trị — interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science