politicals
- 1Plural of political.
The guards housed the politicals separately from those convicted of ordinary crimes.
Several politicals went on hunger strike to protest their continued detention.
Note
Only the noun side of political takes an -s. The adjective never does, so politicals is always a noun. It can be the plural of any of the noun's three meanings: political agents or officers, publications about politics, or political prisoners. The surrounding words decide which. Held apart from ordinary convicts, the politicals are prisoners. Stacked on a newsstand, they are periodicals.
politicals is a form of political
political, noun: A person imprisoned for political offenses or beliefs; a political prisoner. Full entry
- Forms
- politicalpoliticals plural
- Spelling
- political → politicals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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