Wiktionary
n. 1 A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political party, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law). 2 A system composed of the members of a social organization (group) who are in power.
WordNet
n. the members of a social organization who are in power [syn: form of government]
Wikipedia
A political system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving the questions of who should have authority and what the government's influence on its people and economy should be.
Usage examples of "political system".
It had struck him as sad, back in 1978, that their adroit people had been chained to a doomed political system&mdash.
And because Iraq is too important a country in too fragile a part of the world, we could not afford not to make such a commitment if we were to lead an invasion that pulled down the current Iraqi political system.
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But the ordinary citizens didn't have the effective power that the zaibatsu did, and every attempt to reform the political system had fallen short.
It had struck him as sad, back in 1978, that their adroit people had been chained to a doomed political system—.
Fromm had learned Marxism-Leninism while he'd learned to walk, and the elimination of his profession had not enamored him of the new political system which he'd been educated to despise.
The political system is the way we govern the country, pass the laws we all have to follow, levy taxes.
It had struck him as sad, back in 1978, that their adroit people had been chained to a doomed political system -- even back then, Adler had seen the demise of the Soviet Union coming.
Not in the electoral fray, not in efforts to reform a corrupt political system, not in the thrust and parry of parliamentary debate.