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Polity

🔄 Synonyms of "Polity"

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Word	Definition
civil ordernoun	the form of government of a social organization

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Polity"

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Word	Definition
civil ordernoun	the form of government of a social organization
politicalnoun	A political agent or officer.
systemnoun	A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
politicsnoun	(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
governmentnoun	The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
regimenoun	A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
policynoun	A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body.
administrationnoun	(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
policenoun	(law enforcement) A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.
entitynoun	That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
schemenoun	A systematic plan of future action.
plannoun	A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
statnoun	(Canada, informal) A statutory public holiday (also as stat holiday).
statenoun	A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
body politicnoun	(figurative) The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.
commonwealthnoun	The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
republicnoun	A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
nationnoun	(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
political entitynoun	A polity; A territory whose boundaries are set by a political authority, especially one with its own governing organization.
political systemnoun	A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law).