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An example use of political in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… it takes is the political will we really …”
Political means relating to the government or the people who are in power.
the word political occurs in english on average 305.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.