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interest group

noun

a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern:
Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.

interest group

An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called pressure group . ( See lobby .)

First recorded in 1905–10

Campaigns like opechatesgays.com assume that LGBT people are an interest group with only one interest: their own.

Another potential Obama nominee in Pennsylvania was never put forward because of interest group opposition.

A powerful interest group is suddenly in retreat, and alienating its strongest supporters.

“In America gay rights are seen as a minority issue for a single interest group,” he said.

In the U.S., by contrast, there are thousands of people with the power to advance an interest group's agenda.

It also made each interest group a peace group inside, because only by being a peace group could it conserve all its force.

Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected.

"We need literacy for democracy to survive," says the literacy special interest group.

Its aim is not merely to display old-fashioned implements or provide for the enjoyment of a special interest group.

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