Look up: polity


  1. Polity
    [publisher] Polity is an international publisher in the social sciences and humanities. It publishes around 100 books a year in sociology, politics, philosophy, media and cultural studies, health studies, literary studies, history, anthropology and related subjects. Its books range from core...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polity_(publisher)

  2. polity
    [n] - a politically organized unit 2. [n] - shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=polity

  3. Polity
    Pol'i·ty noun ; plural Polities . [ Latin politia , Greek ...: confer French politie . See 1st Policy , Police .] 1. The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framewor...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/118

  4. polity
    noun shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; `we was innocent of stratagems and polity`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=polity

  5. polity
    noun a politically organized unit
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=polity

  6. polity
    Group with an organized governance. Normally a politically organized population or can be a religious one. Or, form of governance. Examples needed. Use is very context-sensitive; that is, the definition is not too informative without examples. Contexts: political science
    Found op http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?query=polity

  7. Polity
    • (n.) The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. • (n.) Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized prin...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/polity/



  1. polity
    (from the article `election`) ...the stability and legitimacy of the political community. Like national holidays commemorating common experiences, elections link citizens to each ... ...if it aims at the state`s best interest and `oligarchy` if it benefits only the ruling minority. Popular governmen...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/88

  2. polity
    polity 1. The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization. 2. An organized society; such as, a nation, having a specific form of government.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1102/14

  3. Polity
    A polity is a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a province, prefecture, county, municipality, city, or district. It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with a corresponding government. Thomas Hobbes considered bodies politic in this sense in Leviathan. In prev...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polity

  4. Polity
    [Aristotle] Polity (Greek: Πολιτεία or Πολίτευμα transliterated as Politeía or Políteuma) is a form of government Aristotle developed in his search for a government that could be most easily incorporated and used by the largest amount of people groups, or states. Polity is...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polity_(Aristotle)

  5. polity
    1. the form of government of a social organization
    2. shrewd or crafty management of public affairs

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  6. polity
    A form of government characterized by popular sovereignty but exercised within a constitutional framework to prevent the oppression of the minority by the majority rule.
    Found op http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html

  7. polity
    1) An organized society 2) Civil order 3) Form of government 4) Government 5) Order 6) Particular form of government
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/polity/1

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