polity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ti/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.lə.ti/, [ˈpɑ.lə.ɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɔl.ə.ti/, [ˈpɔl.ə.ɾi] === Noun === polity (countable and uncountable, plural polities) (politics, religion, usually uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion. Coordinate term: policy (political science, countable) A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “polity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “polity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpolɪtɪ] === Participle === polity inflection of polít: inanimate masculine plural passive participle feminine plural passive participle