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pressure group

American  

noun

  1. an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.

pressure group British  

noun

  1. a group of people who seek to exert pressure on legislators, public opinion, etc, in order to promote their own ideas or welfare

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pressure group Cultural  

  1. An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called an interest group. (See lobby.)

Etymology

Origin of pressure group

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Mandarin and the other three Chagossians on the islands are backed by the Great British PAC, a right-wing British political pressure group.

From BBC

Manx Businesses and pressure groups have welcomed what is the largest single rise in tax-free take home pay for workers, following the announcement of the budget.

From BBC

According to a pressure group, 10 people went on hunger strike on Saturday to demand that their relatives, who are being held at Zona 7, be freed.

From BBC

Around this time, Bobi Wine developed the People Power movement, a pressure group campaigning for better democratic and social conditions.

From BBC

Still, the ClientEarth pressure group called the report a "vital reminder that the commission is not above the law" and that "civil society must not be sidelined."

From Barron's

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