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SPECIAL INTEREST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
Synonyms:
advocacy group; lobby; lobby group; pressure group; special-interest group; special interest; special interest group; third house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("special interest" is a kind of...):
interest; interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims)
political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "special interest"):
National Rifle Association; NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)
