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Polity logo #10101) An organized society 2) Any organized state 3) Civil order 4) Form of government 5) French word used in English 6) Government 7) Order 8) Organized society 9) Particular form of government 10) System of government
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Polity logo #10101) Authorities 2) Government 3) Governmental 4) Regime
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  1. the form of government of a social organization
  2. shrewd or crafty management of public affairs

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Polity logo #21000 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 previous centuries, body politic was also understood t...
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Polity logo #21000[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 textbooks to cutting-edge scholarly work. Polity ...
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Polity logo #21002• (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 principles which lie at the foundation of any human in...
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polity logo #21003(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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polity logo #21011Group 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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polity logo #21177A 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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Polity logo #20972Pol'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 framework or organization by which the various departments...
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polity logo #20400[n] - a politically organized unit 2. [n] - shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
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polity logo #21009polity 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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polity logo #20974 noun shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; `we was innocent of stratagems and polity`
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polity logo #23665 a governmentally organized unit
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polity logo #23665[Intelligent words] a governmentally organized unit
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