political science

1. 1.

   the study of government of states and other political units

   Synonymspoliticsgovernment

   Broadersocial science

   Narrowergeopoliticsrealpolitik

   government

Questions about political science

What does political science mean?

political science means "the study of government of states and other political units".

What is another word for political science?

Close synonyms include politics, government. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is political science a common word?

political science is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.