Look up: polity

1. polity
   [n] - a politically organized unit 2. [n] - shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
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2. 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...
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3. polity
   noun shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; `we was innocent of stratagems and polity`
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4. polity
   noun a politically organized unit
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5. 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
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6. 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...
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7. 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 government in the common interest ......
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8. 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.
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9. polity
   
   • the form of government of a social organization
   • shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
   
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10. 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.
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11. 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 t...
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12. 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....
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13. 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 cor...
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