Polity
noun
It's a form of government or an organized society such as a nation or state.
The democratic polity of our country offers rights and freedom to every citizen.
Often appears as...
- democratic polity
- political polity
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Academic
noun
A group of people who are socially organized.
The college polity has its own set of laws that the students must abide by.
Often appears as...
- college polity
- church polity
noun
It's a form of government or an organized society such as a nation or state.
The democratic polity of our country offers rights and freedom to every citizen.
Often appears as...
- democratic polity
- political polity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A group of people who are socially organized.
The college polity has its own set of laws that the students must abide by.
Often appears as...
- college polity
- church polity
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Pro Tip 1/3Political Entity
Polity often refers to an entire political unit, not just the government structure.
She studied the evolution of ancient Greek city-states as independent polities.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Notion
The term can also suggest a societal concept related to governance without naming specific entities.
His dissertation explores the idea of utopian polity.
Pro Tip 3/3National Context
In discussion, 'polity' can imply the institutional and cultural fabric of a country.
A robust polity is crucial for economic stability and growth.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Entity
Polity often refers to an entire political unit, not just the government structure.
She studied the evolution of ancient Greek city-states as independent polities.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Notion
The term can also suggest a societal concept related to governance without naming specific entities.
His dissertation explores the idea of utopian polity.
Pro Tip 3/3National Context
In discussion, 'polity' can imply the institutional and cultural fabric of a country.
A robust polity is crucial for economic stability and growth.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Entity
Polity often refers to an entire political unit, not just the government structure.
She studied the evolution of ancient Greek city-states as independent polities.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Notion
The term can also suggest a societal concept related to governance without naming specific entities.
His dissertation explores the idea of utopian polity.
Pro Tip 3/3National Context
In discussion, 'polity' can imply the institutional and cultural fabric of a country.
A robust polity is crucial for economic stability and growth.
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3 stories of local...
play the operational course of infrastructure things like waste disposal energy demand as well as social cost of unemployment drop out rates incarceration rates and the impacts of various public health costs smart infrastructure can provide cost-saving ways to permanency polities the handle both infrastructure and social needs and
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Which country does the...
which is down in the same part of the index, well, in some ways, it's not surprising. They've spent a great deal of time over the last decades building their own economy, building their own society and their own polity, but it is to be hoped that the second phase of their growth will be somewhat more outward-looking
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
what you find is extraordinary this set of be and that was with tomb five by the way this is something there's probably draped over the head of the individual beads from Pakistan someplace down in the Indus Valley these beads are the ones that really give us the big clue Sesana it's was a polity in Persia which
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3 stories of local...
play the operational course of infrastructure things like waste disposal energy demand as well as social cost of unemployment drop out rates incarceration rates and the impacts of various public health costs smart infrastructure can provide cost-saving ways to permanency polities the handle both infrastructure and social needs and
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Which country does the...
which is down in the same part of the index, well, in some ways, it's not surprising. They've spent a great deal of time over the last decades building their own economy, building their own society and their own polity, but it is to be hoped that the second phase of their growth will be somewhat more outward-looking
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
what you find is extraordinary this set of be and that was with tomb five by the way this is something there's probably draped over the head of the individual beads from Pakistan someplace down in the Indus Valley these beads are the ones that really give us the big clue Sesana it's was a polity in Persia which
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P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.
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Ezra Stiles
American Clergyman
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.
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Ralph Adams Cram
American Architect
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Indian Politician
In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished away.
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Ashraf Ghani
Afghani Politician
If we looked in the world of 1945 and looked at the map of capitalist economies and democratic polities, they were the rare exception, not the norm.
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David Novak
American Theologian
During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.
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Arvind Kejriwal
Indian Politician
Indian polity has failed to provide solutions to the common man's problems.
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P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.
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Ezra Stiles
American Clergyman
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.
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Ralph Adams Cram
American Architect
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Indian Politician
In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished away.
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Ashraf Ghani
Afghani Politician
If we looked in the world of 1945 and looked at the map of capitalist economies and democratic polities, they were the rare exception, not the norm.
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David Novak
American Theologian
During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.
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Arvind Kejriwal
Indian Politician
Indian polity has failed to provide solutions to the common man's problems.
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