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Collocations for political - adj.

VERBS

be
become, get
We have no intention of getting political.

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ADVERB

highly, very
This whole issue has become highly political.
explicitly, overtly
the overtly political works of Leon Golub
purely
the first purely political decision taken by the EU
inherently
The royal family has an inherently political role.

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Political is used with these nouns:
accountability, act, action, activity, acumen, advance, advantage, advertisement, adviser, affair, agenda, agitation, aim, alienation, alignment, allegiance, alliance, ally, ambition, amnesty, analysis, analyst, apathy, appointment, arena, argument, aspect, aspiration, assassination, associate, association, asylum, atmosphere, authority, autonomy, awakening, awareness, backdrop, background, backlash, balance, bargaining, barometer, base, belief, bent, bias, blackmail, blog, blunder, breakthrough, camp, campaign, capital, career, cartoon, cause, censorship, challenge, change, chaos, character, circle, circumstance, class, climate, clout, coalition, comeback, comment, commentary, commentator, commitment, complexion, complication, compromise, concept, condition, conflict, conformity, confrontation, connection, connotation, conscience, consciousness, consensus, consequence, conservatism, conservative, consideration, conspiracy, constituency, consultant, contest, context, control, controversy, convenience, convention, conviction, cooperation, correctness, correspondent, corruption, cost, courage, cover, cowardice, credentials, credibility, creed, crime, crisis, critique, culture, currency, cynicism, deadlock, deal, debate, decision, decline, defeat, demand, demise, democracy, demonstration, destiny, development, dialogue, difference, dilemma, dimension, directive, disagreement, disaster, discontent, discord, discussion, disillusionment, disintegration, disorder, dispute, disruption, dissent, dissident, disturbance, diversity, divide, dividend, division, doctrine, dogma, dominance, domination, donation, dynamite, dynasty, economist, economy, editor, effectiveness, elite, embarrassment, end, endeavour, enemy, engagement, entity, environment, equality, establishment, event, evolution, excitement, exclusion, execution, executive, exercise, exile, explanation, expression, extreme, extremist, fabric, faction, factor, fate, favour, fence, ferment, fervour, figure, flavour, foe, folly, football, force, formation, formula, fortune, forum, foundation, framework, freedom, furore, future, gain, gamble, gathering, geography, gesture, goal, grievance, ground, harmony, heir, hierarchy, historian, history, honour, horizon, idea, ideal, identity, ideology, imagination, impact, impasse, implication, importance, impotence, impulse, inactivity, incentive, inclination, independence, inertia, influence, initiative, injustice, instability, instinct, institution, instrument, integration, integrity, interest, interference, intervention, intrigue, involvement, isolation, issue, journalist, judgement, justification, killing, landscape, leader, leadership, level, leverage, liberal, liberalism, liberty, life, line, link, lobby, logic, loyalty, machine, mainstream, mandate, manifesto, manipulation, manoeuvre, map, master, matter, meeting, memoir, message, minefield, miscalculation, model, momentum, morality, motivation, motive, mouthpiece, move, movement, myth, mythology, nationalism, nature, necessity, need, negotiation, neutrality, novice, objective, oblivion, observer, obstacle, offence, office, opening, opinion, opponent, opposition, oppression, order, organ, organization, orthodoxy, outcome, outlook, outsider, overtone, pamphlet, paralysis, participation, party, passion, past, persecution, personality, perspective, persuasion, phenomenon, philosopher, philosophy, platform, ploy, point of view, poll, position, power, preference, prejudice, pressure, prestige, principle, prisoner, problem, process, profile, programme, prominence, propaganda, protest, protester, purpose, question, rally, realism, reality, realm, reason, reconciliation, reconstruction, reform, refugee, regime, relation, relevance, repercussion, reporter, representation, representative, repression, reprisal, resistance, respectability, response, responsibility, restraint, retribution, revolution, rhetoric, riot, risk, rival, rivalry, roadblock, role, row, satire, scandal, scene, science, scientist, season, sensitivity, sentiment, setback, settlement, showdown, significance, situation, skill, slant, slogan, smear, society, sociology, solidarity, solution, sophistication, sovereignty, spectrum, speech, sphere, spin, spotlight, squabble, stability, stage, stagnation, stake, stalemate, stance, standing, standpoint, statement, stature, stir, storm, story, strategy, strife, strike, stripe, structure, struggle, stunt, style, suicide, support, supporter, supremacy, survival, symbol, symbolism, system, tactic, talk, tension, term, terror, test, theatre, theory, thinker, thinking, thought, threat, thriller, thrust, tide, tie, tolerance, tone, tool, touch, tradition, transformation, triumph, trouble, turmoil, turning point, tyranny, uncertainty, undertone, unification, union, unity, unrest, upheaval, vacuum, value, vendetta, viability, victory, view, viewpoint, violence, virtue, vision, vocabulary, vulnerability, watershed, weakness, weight, whim, wilderness, will, wind, wing, wisdom, writer, writing

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