Political means to do with government and the running of a country. A political party, political pressure, political reasons.
It also means concerned with power inside any organisation, which is what office politics is. Calling a decision political is nearly always an accusation, since it says the reasons were not the stated ones.
1adjectivepoliticalTo do with government and the running of a country.
“The two main political parties disagree about how to fix the economy.”
political is a quality.
From politic + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA