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polity

/pol-i-tee/US // ˈpɒl ɪ ti //UK // (ˈpɒlɪtɪ) //

政体,政教合一,政理,政务

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pol·i·ties.

    • : a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
    • : 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.
    • : government or administrative regulation: The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.
    • : a state or other organized community or body.

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Examples

  • Sorry, I'm partisan, but I doubt I'm an unusual case in our polity.

  • We are in a depression because it is our revealed preference, as a polity, not to remedy the problem.

  • In any democratic polity, the voting public wants to identify with its leaders.

  • Of course, traditional journalists and ideological activists are both needed if we're to maintain a healthy polity.

  • Those who approve of their polity countenance what is hostile to his government, and thus act as his enemies.

  • The history of our polity at this time is closely connected with the history of one man.

  • Switzerland, he urged, played so important a part in the European polity, that no one could be indifferent to its destiny.

  • But why should not a part of that fable have come true in our polity, as another part of it has come true in yours?

  • Calvin exercised a great influence on the civil polity of Geneva, although it was established before he came to the city.