polity

[pol·i·ty]

The noun polity refers to a political group of any size or shape it can be a government, a state, a country, or even a social group.

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The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

Noun
shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"

Noun
a politically organized unit

Noun
the form of government of a social organization

n.
The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

n.
Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution.

n.
Policy; art; management.

Polity

Pol"i*ty , n.; pl. Polities . [L. politia, Gr. : cf. F. politie. See 1st Policy, Police.] 1. The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. Blackstone. Hooker. 2. Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution.
Nor is possible that any form of polity, much less polity ecclesiastical, should be good, unless God himself be author of it.
3. Policy; art; management. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Syn. -- Policy. -- Polity, Policy. These two words were originally the same. Polity is now confined to the structure of a government; as, civil or ecclesiastical polity; while policy is applied to the scheme of management of public affairs with reference to some aim or result; as, foreign or domestic policy. Policy has the further sense of skillful or cunning management.

The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.

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Usage Examples

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

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