special-interest group
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈspɛʃəl ˈɪntrəst ɡruːp/
:
grupo de interés
- Our political leaders are too indebted to special interest groups and party politics.
- politicians and special-interest group
- government and special-interest group
- powerful special-interest groups
So RFCS, special interest groups really grow that community and and scale that.
- So RFCS, special interest groups really grow that community and and scale that.
Examples
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One respondent raised the concern about the ability of special interest groups to use this methodology to provide misinformation.
Academic text (1997) -
Institutions affecting water management include special-interest groups, government agencies, statutes, laws, regulations, and social customs.
Academic text (1991) -
The public often also questions the connections between elected representatives and special interest groups.
Academic text (2018) -
Well, I believe we should have politicians who represent us, and not special interest groups.
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More commonly, foreign governments collaborate with domestic special-interest groups to encourage the U.S. government to support them.
Academic text (2005) -
Factors such as legislature, court decisions, governmental involvement, and special interest groups contributed to this change.
Academic text (2000) -
Democratic systems are prone to capture by special interest groups that exploit the information asymmetry.
Blog text (16) -
Legislators and special interest groups can engage in joint expropriation and then divide the spoils for themselves.
Academic text (1997) -
The Medicare program also promised third-party payoffs, given the diverse and powerful special-interest groups involved.
Academic text (1997) -
The policymakers are often influenced by special-interest groups that lobby for various causes.
Synonyms
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3.9
A group of people who try to persuade public officials to support a cause
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3.6
A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members
57
3.1
A group of people with the same goal who try to influence public decisions
40
3.9
A group that tries to persuade people in power to change laws or rules for a cause
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4.1
A group that tries to change government decisions to help a cause or its members
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3.9
A group that tries to persuade government officials to support laws or policies
A group that tries to influence politicians and government decisions, often by lobbying
Antonyms
How Influential
- UK
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4.1
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3.7
40
3.9
57
3.1
∞
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
special-interest + group
The core meaning — a collection of people formed around a particular or specific concern — follows directly from 'special' (particular) + 'interest' (concern) + 'group' (collection of people). The extra political nuance (lobbying/influencing officials) is an expected extension but does not prevent a B1 learner who knows the constituents from inferring the basic meaning, and the construction is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Special-interest group gets its name from the idea that people with one special cause or interest form a group to work together. Because they join to try to influence politicians and decisions, it means 'a group trying to influence government decisions'.