pressure group
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nounDefinition of PRESSURE GROUP
: an interest group organized to influence public and especially government policy but not to elect candidates to office
See Examples of PRESSURE GROUP
- a pressure group trying to reduce taxes
- <observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published>
First Known Use of PRESSURE GROUP
1928
Related to PRESSURE GROUP
- Synonyms
- interest, interest group, special interest
Rhymes with PRESSURE GROUP
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