super-politicaladj.
/ˌsuːpəˈpɒlᵻtɪkl/, /ˌsjuːpəˈpɒlᵻtɪkl/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈpɑləˌtɪk(ə)l/ 1. That is above, higher than, or independent of politics.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > [adjective] > not > outside the sphere of
metapolitical1647
super-political1667
1667 J. Locke Ess. conc. Toleration (2006) 281 The private & super-politicall concernment between god & a mans soule, wherein the magistrates authority is not to interpose.
1701 Remarks Two Great Questions II. 1 Our Considerer..is forc't to consider further, how he may..clear up his oraculous meaning and super-political Conjectures.
1867 R. H. Newell Avery Glibun II. liii. 288/2 The amiable editor's fastidiousness in dress was an explanation of his super-political sympathy with the best dresser in the city.
1891 Methodist Mag. Oct. 365 That great question of finance and industry..has its super-political relations.
1917 H. H. Bancroft In these Latter Days i. 16 We clothe him [sc. our president] with super-political qualities, we endow him with virtues.
1999 M. Lin & M. Galikowski Search for Modernity viii. 170 The state (guojia)..carries the meaning of a super-political entity that is..the ultimate symbol of national unity.
2. Very involved in or concerned with politics; extremely or exceptionally political.
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1952 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 30 Apr. 4/2 All political cliches bid fair to be overworked in this super-political year.
1971 R. N. Williams New Exiles vi. 231 The people I was staying with were such super-political activists—just looking for things to cause trouble about.
1993 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. Their subject matter ranges from the super-political, intifada-inspired Poets Won't Write Songs to the wry look at the Israeli marriage of Yehezkel's Parrots.
2004 Elle Girl Sept. 118/1 I come from a superpolitical family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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