power-political

English

Etymology

From power + political, after power politics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpaʊəpəˈlɪtɪkl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpaʊɚpəˈlɪtɪkl̩/

Adjective

power-political (comparative more power-political, superlative most power-political)

1. Pertaining to power politics. [from 20th c.]
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 142:

     It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance form the established world powers.