HyperDic: interest_group

English > 1 sense of the expression interest group:
NOUNgroupinterest group, interest(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
English > interest group: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims.
Synonyminterest
Narrowerspecial interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, lobby, pressure group, third houseA group of people who try actively to influence legislation / legislation
vested interestgroups that seek to control a social ... / social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
Broadersocial groupPeople sharing some social relation
Usage ofplural, plural formThe form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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