different between polity vs politburo

English

Etymology

From Middle French politie, from Latin politia (circa. 1530s C.E.), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of policy and police.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.t?/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.ti/

Noun

polity (plural polities)

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

   Different nations have different forms of polities, from provinces and states to territories and municipalities.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• polity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????????? (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of ????????????? ????? (polití?eskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?t?bj?????/, /-?bj??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?t?bj??o?/, /?po?-/
• Hyphenation: po?lit?bu?ro

Noun

politburo (plural politburos)

1. The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
2. (by extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations.

Alternative forms

• Politburo
• politbureau, Politbureau (dated)

Translations

See also

• junta

References

Further reading

• politburo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

politburo m (plural politburos)

1. politburo (governing council of the Soviet Union)