n., pl. -ties.

1. The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization.
2. An organized society, such as a nation, having a specific form of government: “His alien philosophy found no roots in the American polity” (New York Times).

[Obsolete French politie, from Old French, from Late Latin polītīa, the Roman government. See police.]

noun

An organized geopolitical unit: body politic, country, land, nation, state. See politics, territory.

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Generally, a complex of decision-making roles that relate a society to the goals of its individual members through collective decisions. Colin Renfrew used the term in a particular archaeological context to refer to small-scale politically autonomous early states such as can be seen in Mycenaean Greece or Etruscans Italy.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - statsdannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
politieke organisatie, staatsvorm, regeringsstelsel, organisatie van een religieuze groep

Français (French)
n. - régime politique, État

Deutsch (German)
n. - Staat, Gemeinwesen, Verfassung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καθεστώς, πολίτευμα, πολιτεία, πολιτική συγκρότηση

Italiano (Italian)
regime

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Estado (m), sociedade organizada (f)

Русский (Russian)
политическая организация, политическая система

Español (Spanish)
n. - gobierno, estado, constitución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - statsform, -skick, författning, statsbildning, stat

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
政治组织, 政治, 国家组织

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 政治組織, 政治, 國家組織

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정치(조직), 국민

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 政治形態, 政治組織体, 国民

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حكومه, شكل او نظام الحكم, دوله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלטון, מדינה, ממשל, משטר‬

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