Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

political capital

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: po-lit-i-cal -cap-i-tal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability of a person to influence political decisions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The PSOE leader, who once promised to bring Puigdemont back to Spain to face justice, risked considerable political capital two years ago by pardoning nine of the Catalan leaders behind the drive for secession."
"But others in the party sense signs of trouble. “He’s spending the political capital he’s accumulated for a decade,” Alex Conant, a GOP strategist who worked in President George W. Bush’s White House and on then-Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign, told me."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does political capital mean?: The ability of a person to influence political decisions.

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