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Definition: Special Interest |
Special InterestNoun1. An individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Special Interest |
| English words defined with "special interest": anomalist ♦ organ ♦ particular ♦ special ♦ To be sweet on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "special interest": Association for Computing ♦ Designer Drugs, DIRECTOR, EXTENSION WORK ♦ EDITOR, TELEGRAPH, editor, wire ♦ HyTime ♦ marekanite ♦ public-relations practitioner, PUBLIC-RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE ♦ SIGhyper, Special Interest Group. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Many scholars dislike the term "special interest", since it carries a loaded, negative connotation. In the academic literature, it has been replaced by the term "interest group". There is a lively debate amongst political scientists as to what exactly constitutes an interest group. Some hold that only groups with members (for instance, Common Cause or the NRA) are interest groups. Others feel that interst groups are any non-government groups that try to affect policy. Some people define it even more broadly, to include individual corporations, or even government agencies. Sometimes "interest groups" are used to refer to groups within society (e.g. seniors, the poor, etc.) who are not necessarily part of an organized group.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Special interest."
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Health | One brain chemical of special interest to neuroscientists is glutamate. (references) | |
One area of special interest is the effect of antidepressants on cognitive function. (references) | ||
Of special interest is the long-term impact of various treatments, especially medical and surgical treatments. (references) | ||
Business | Logging companies stress their special interest in highly maneuverable harvesting equipment due to the local hilly relief, they often practically have to work on mountain slopes. (references) | |
On the tactical level, the ongoing procurement of the RTA's Field Artillery Command and Control (FAC2) systems, which are being developed in multiple phases, is of special interest to producers. (references) | ||
Telecommunications are of special interest for the EBRD. In 1999, the EBRD is providing a US $17 million loan to New Telephone Company, a local landline and cellular telephone services provider. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ireland | There are eight independent national newspapers and many local newspapers; three independent current affairs magazines are published, along with hundreds of special interest magazines. (references) |
Nigeria | The Constitution provides for the right to associate freely with other persons in political parties, trade unions, or special interest associations, and the Government generally respected this right in practice; however, there were exceptions. (references) | |
Economic History | Panama | Political opposition from entrenched special interest groups, however, diluted the substance of reforms. (references) |
Human Rights | Fiji | In addition to its jurisdiction in serious civil and criminal cases, the High Court is granted special interest jurisdiction on behalf of the public and is empowered to review alleged violations of individual rights in addition to its jurisdiction in serious civil and criminal cases. (references) |
Guyana | The Georgetown Legal Aid Clinic, with public and private support, provides advice to persons who cannot afford a lawyer, with a special interest in cases of violence against women and criminal cases related to civil cases in such matters (for example, assault as part of a divorce case). (references) | |
Political Rights | Uganda | In 2000 the Parliamentary Elections Statute was amended to increase the number of worker representatives from three to five, the same as all of the other special interest groups. (references) |
Trade | Lebanon | Many goods on the boycott list are available, and products of strategic or special interest are granted a special exemption by the cabinet. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | If you want to try to change government, you're an evil special interest! |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Both labor and management have a special interest. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In the budget I will send you, the Middle Class Bill of Rights is fully paid for by budget cuts in bureaucracy, cuts in programs, cuts in special interest subsidies. |
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Expression using "special interest": special Interest Group. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
special interest | 53 |
special interest group | 44 |
better home and garden special interest publication | 7 |
special interest magazine | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "special interest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | erikoisharrastus (hobby). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | ζζζ (Diet members with a special interest in education). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | γΆγ"γγγγγ (Diet members with a special interest in education). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ecialspay interestay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
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-5 letters: ancestries, antielites, antiseptic, asperities, cartelises, celerities, celestites, centerless. | |
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