apolitical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From a- + political.
Meanings
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Having no interest or involvement in politics.
The Queen is an apolitical figure.
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Having no political relevance or function.
The PM's visit to the school was entirely apolitical.
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Politically neutral, unbiased, nonaligned and free from party politics.
My colleagues and I come to this task with open minds, we are apolitical and independent of any political party.
But like so much in the Trump administration, what was once considered apolitical is now labeled political.
2025 September 26, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, “Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:What, exactly, the criteria for this designation will be remains unclear but the ultimate aim, some analysts suspect, is to purge officers deemed insufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump – a litmus test, they warn, that’s incompatible with an apolitical military.
2024 November 14, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Worries rise over a Trump ‘warrior board’ to remove officers ‘unfit for leadership’”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most apolitical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more apolitical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (35)
fi epäpoliittinen (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cy anwleidyddol (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cs apolitický (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sh apolìtičan (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cy amholiticaidd (Having no political relevance or function) · ca apolític (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sh аполѝтичан (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cmn 政治冷感 (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sv opolitisk (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · kk бейсаясат (Having no political relevance or function) · sv opolitisk (Having no political relevance or function) · ca apolític (Having no political relevance or function) · sh apolìtičkī (Having no political relevance or function) · ka არაპოლიტიკური (Having no political relevance or function) · kk бейсаясат (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · ka არაპოლიტიკური (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cs nepolitický (Having no political relevance or function) · sh аполѝтичан (Having no political relevance or function) · ka აპოლიტიკური (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sh apolìtičan (Having no political relevance or function) · sh аполѝтичкӣ (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · fi epäpoliittinen (Having no political relevance or function) · de unpolitisch (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · fr apolitique (Having no political relevance or function) · cy anwleidyddol (Having no political relevance or function) · uk аполіти́чний (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sh аполѝтичкӣ (Having no political relevance or function) · pl apolityczny (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · de unpolitisch (Having no political relevance or function) · sh apolìtičkī (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · ga neamhpholaitiúil (Having no political relevance or function) · fr apolitique (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · sv apolitisk (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · pt apolítico (Having no interest or involvement in politics) · cy amholiticaidd (Having no interest or involvement in politics)