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political unit

political unit noun: synonym of political entity.

Noun

political unit (plural political units)

  1. Synonym of political entity.
    • In the Southern States, where the county type of local government prevails, conditions are reversed. There the county is the political unit, and the administration of all local matters, except educational and municipal affairs, is intrusted to county officers.S:The New International Encyclopædia/United States
    • Any definition of a manor, in land tenure, must take note of two elements—economic and political. The manor has an estate for its basis, although it need not coincide with an estate, but may be wider. It is also a political unit, a district formed for purposes of government, although the political...S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Manor
  2. The smallest group of one or more people that operates at a political level.
    • The western idea of the liberty and dignity of the individual, as distinct from the community to which he belongs, is wholly alien to the Chinese mind. The political unit in China is not the individual but the family, and the father of the family is supposed to be responsible for the qualities and...S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/China
    • Also the constitution of the Amphictyones, “the dwellers around the temple” reflects the early age when the tribe rather than the city was the political unit, and the Dorians were a small tribe of north Greece.S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Oracle

Examples of political unit in a sentence

  • It is also a political unit, a district formed for purposes of government, although the political functions made over to it may greatly vary.S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Manor
  • Traditionally, a Papua New Guinea clan or village is a political unit in a much smaller public, the boundaries of which must be determined in each case from the point of view of the participants.1973, Herbert Ian Hogbin, Anthropology in Papua New Guinea
  • Chicago is not a state, although it is a political unit.2001, W. Phillips Shively, Power & Choice: An Introduction to Political Science
  • ‘Province’ and ‘territory’ refer to the major political units of Canada.Illustrated Glossary Province or territory, statcan.gc.ca

Synonyms of political unit

Forms of political unit

pluralpolitical units

Questions about political unit

What does political unit mean?
Political unit means synonym of political entity.
How do you use political unit in a sentence?
It is also a political unit, a district formed for purposes of government, although the political functions made over to it may greatly vary.
What part of speech is political unit?
Political unit is a noun.
What is the plural of political unit?
The plural of political unit is political units.

Words near political unit in the dictionary

  1. political spectra
  2. political spectrum
  3. political spectrums
  4. political system
  5. political systems
  6. political unit
  7. political units
  8. political vacuum
  9. political vacuums
  10. political warfare
  11. political-economic

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