polity
政体,政教合一,政理,政务
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Definitions
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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.