pressure group

noun

|Updated on: 25 May 2018

Examples: pressure group in a Sentence

Definition of pressure group

: an interest group organized to influence public and especially government policy but not to elect candidates to office

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Examples of pressure group in a Sentence

a pressure group trying to reduce taxes
observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published

Recent Examples of pressure group from the Web

Synthetic microfiber pollution is at least five times more prevalent than plastic microbeads and bags and could be reduced through an instrument similar to the Landfill Tax, according to the Green Alliance, a pressure group.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Group wants to buy out celebrity chef Mario Batali," 22 May 2018
His suicide note spoke to the pressures groups like NCT 127 are under, and the particular stress of life at the receiving end of K-Pop fandom.

— august brown, latimes.com, "NCT 127 is leading the next generation of K-Pop," 16 May 2018
The long legal battle between Alfie’s parents, backed by a Christian pressure group, and his doctors has drawn international attention.

— Washington Post, "Toddler Alfie Evans’ parents say they’ll work with doctors," 26 Apr. 2018
The months-long legal battle between Alfie's parents, backed by a Christian pressure group, and his doctors has drawn interventions from the pope and Italian authorities, who support the parents' desire to have their son treated in Italy.

— Fox News, "Parents of sick toddler Alfie Evans make new court challenge," 25 Apr. 2018
The president, after all, can staff the courts and the prosecutor’s office with cronies, and therefore curb scrutiny of his or her own activities, says Park Jung-eun of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), a pressure group.

— The Economist, "Cases against two ex-presidents of South Korea fits an alarming pattern," 5 Apr. 2018
The authorities have prevented Mihra Rittmann, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, from visiting the country for two years on similar grounds.

— The Economist, "Repression in Kyrgyzstan is eroding Central Asia’s only democracy," 18 Jan. 2018
Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, counts thousands more detained for their political opinions.

— The Economist, "Ethiopia’s regime flirts with letting dissidents speak without locking them up," 27 Jan. 2018
In September a delegation from Human Rights Watch, an international pressure group, was admitted for the first time since 2010.

— The Economist, "A year after the despot’s deathAn Uzbek spring has sprung, but summer is still a long way off," 14 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use of pressure group

1924

in the meaning defined above

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pressure group Synonyms

Synonyms

interest, interest group, special interest;

Related Words

vested interest;

political action committee;

PRESSURE GROUP Defined for English Language Learners

pressure group

noun

Definition of pressure group for English Language Learners

: a group of people who share an interest, concern, or set of opinions and who try to influence politics or the policies of government, business, etc.