polis
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-polis
a combining form, meaning “city,” appearing in loanwords from Greek (metropolis ), and used in the formation of placenames (Annapolis ).
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Polis
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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polis1 (ˈpɒlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl poleis | |
| an ancient Greek city-state | |
| [from Greek: city] | |
| polis2 (ˈpolɪs) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot), (Irish) the police or a police officer | |
| [C19: a variant pronunciation of police] | |
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Example sentences
What's genuinely radical about good art is that it detonates a kind of ambiguity-bomb at the heart of the polis.
What's good for the pocketbook is good for the polis.
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