polity
Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religionOrganizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
» Maratha polity consisted of a decentralised confederacy of various states.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
Church polity was a topic of fierce dispute in 17th-century Britain.
Gemeinwesen
стройstroj, устро́йствоustrójstvo, режи́мrežím
(countable)A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.
New polities emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
a politically organized unit
Examples
4 sentencesMaratha polity consisted of a decentralised confederacy of various states.
Bratislav looked beyond the little polities and little peoples of this tiny planet.
Has there been a polity which has instituted a democratic form of communism, rather than authoritarian?
Trying to secede from the mainland, the fissiparous polities have been causing serious problems to the central authority.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “poFrom Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).
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Forms
plural: politiesSynonyms
1 synonyms- the form of government of a social organization:civil order
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable