interest group
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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.
Origin:
1905–10
1905–10
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interest group definition
An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called pressure group. (See lobby.)
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Example sentences
The first is the temptation to spread the wealth around to every region and interest group.
Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected.
But no other interest group makes out quite the way homeowners do.
The family-planning bureaucracy is a vast and entrenched interest group defending the status quo at all levels of government.
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