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I am looking for an adjective that means "of or relating to policies".
Of course, political first comes to mind. It, however, is much more to do with politics, rather than policy.
Examples:
"I disagree with the official's –––– decisions." We could insert political but this would focus the sentence on the game of politics—the networking, the ladder-climbing, etc. People often just use the noun policy, but is there an actual adjective?
"I am interested in the city's –––– future."
In English, it is often acceptable to use a substantive (noun) as adjective. It could therefore be acceptable to write:
I disagree with the official's policy decisions.
Though I would write:
I disagree with the official's decisions about policy.
Similarly:
I am interested in the city's future policy.
Unless there a particular reason to use an adjective?
