political entity

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandentity

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us
/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolitical entity

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As a title used exclusively by rulers, the glyphs render the particular "emblem" believed to be the reference name of apoliticalentity.
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Later they requested the territory's attainment of independence as a separatepoliticalentity.
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For political behaviour, however, the position was rather different: eachpoliticalentitywould be inclined to develop its own code of gestures and actions.
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Will the government in question allow the returning organisation to continue as apoliticalentityonce it is back on its home soil?
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This is not a movement that marches under a single banner, nor even is it a group that would necessarily identify itself as a singlepoliticalentity.
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Sen distinguishes between an individual person making her own moral judgements and apoliticalentitymaking a collective judgement.
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It is almost certainly like no otherpoliticalentitythat we have had in human history.
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They want to portray it as a failedpoliticalentity.
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We can think in terms of a federal relationship, a confederal relationship or simply apoliticalentity.
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It is, of course, apoliticalentity; the nation is apoliticalentity.
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That might be avoided if the decisions were left to local licensing magistrates rather than apoliticalentity.
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Such apoliticalentity, in the light of events as we now see them, is quite inconceivable.
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We might all go forward much stronger as apoliticalentityin the future, and also stronger economically.
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I define "truly democratic" as being whether it engages the individual person in the decision-making process within thatpoliticalentity.
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He dealt with the question of the onepoliticalentityas against possible different political groups, with proportional representation, and so on.
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It is not only a geographical expression but apoliticalentity.
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Together, they build a new and distinctpoliticalentitythat has many of the attributes of a country.
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It stands, too, for apoliticalentityable to deal with a wide range of external relations.
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Do we think of it as a means to an end or as apoliticalentityin itself?
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In apoliticalentityof 250 million, a minority may consist of many millions.
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