Associations to the word «Polity»

Wiktionary

POLITY, noun. (politics) An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
POLITY, noun. (political science) A politically organized unit; a state.

Dictionary definition

POLITY, noun. The form of government of a social organization.
POLITY, noun. A politically organized unit.
POLITY, noun. Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne