polity
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ɪ noun, plural pol·i·ties.
1.
a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
2.
the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a standard for later governments.
3.
government or administrative regulation: The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.
4.
a state or other organized community or body.
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| 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. |
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a form of government or organization of a state, church, society, etc; constitution |
| 2. | a politically organized society, state, city, etc |
| 3. | the management of public or civil affairs |
| 4. | political organization |
| [C16: from Latin polītīa, from Greek politeia citizenship, civil administration, from politēs citizen, from polis city] | |
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Word Origin & History
polity
1538, from Fr. politie (1419), from L.L. polita "organized government" (see policy).
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Example sentences
The anti-deficit people who kept crying wolf, and who are still crying wolf, have done themselves and the polity no favor.
Admit them as guest workers who can participate in the economy but not the polity.
His interest is more in the curiosities of nature than in questions of religious or social polity.
They articulate no vision of a better bank, let alone of a different banking system in an alternative polity.
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