SPECIAL INTEREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

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Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("special interest" is a kind of...):

interest; interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims)

political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)

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

National Rifle Association; NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)