plural polities
1
: political organization
2
: a specific form of political organization
3
: a politically organized unit
4
a
: the form or constitution of a politically organized unit
b
: the form of government of a religious denomination
Examples of polity in a Sentence
the polities of medieval Italy
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Other founders, such as John Adams and George Washington were familiar with the Iroquois polity.
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
As Bridget Coggins has argued, even the norm of states being the primary actors in the international system—and related rules governing which polities are recognized as states—is a function of power.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
And a case could be made that Ohio subsumed many of the elements of the American polity: farmland and industrial cities, college towns and factory towns, sprawling suburbia and a swath of rural southeastern counties in many ways akin to neighboring West Virginia.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Innovative strategies are needed to penetrate more deeply into vulnerable polities, shaping citizens’ hopes, perceptions, sense of what is possible, and desire to effect change.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
As Bridget Coggins has argued, even the norm of states being the primary actors in the international system—and related rules governing which polities are recognized as states—is a function of power.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
And a case could be made that Ohio subsumed many of the elements of the American polity: farmland and industrial cities, college towns and factory towns, sprawling suburbia and a swath of rural southeastern counties in many ways akin to neighboring West Virginia.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Innovative strategies are needed to penetrate more deeply into vulnerable polities, shaping citizens’ hopes, perceptions, sense of what is possible, and desire to effect change.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for polity
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“Polity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polity. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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