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polity

[ pol-i-tee ]

noun

plural polities.
  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.


polity

/ ˈɒɪɪ /

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of polity1

1530–40; < Latin DZīī < Greek DZīٱí citizenship, government, form of government, commonwealth, equivalent to DZī́ٱ-, variant stem of DZī́ŧ citizen ( polis, -ite 1 ) + -ia -ia
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of polity1

C16: from Latin DZīī, from Greek politeia citizenship, civil administration, from DZŧ citizen, from polis city
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"I think taking into account the circumstances and the compulsions of a coalition polity, I have done as best as I could do under the circumstances."

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They would be better served to read the polity as Black/not-Black and look for regional and economic differences between racial and ethnic groups.

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It is a nation, a polity recast in his time and split pretty much down the middle on its constitutional future.

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The Reconstruction amendments were seeking to address the status of newly freed formerly enslaved Black people and actually incorporate them into the polity and create an egalitarian society.

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So it will be, unhappily for our rapidly decomposing polity, with this apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump.

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