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

plural of political correctness

(idiomatic) A social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment.

(US politics, chiefly historical) A local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.

The aggregate mood or opinions of a population about current political issues that affect said population in some way.

Excessively polite.

plural of political corrector

(dated) belles-lettres; light reading

Related to party politics

politicojudicial