POLITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs

Example:

we was innocent of stratagems and polity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("polity" is a kind of...):

administration; disposal (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))

Meaning:

A politically organized unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("polity" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polity"):

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)

Meaning:

The form of government of a social organization

Synonyms:

civil order; polity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polity" is a kind of...):

order (established customary state (especially of society))