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Gemeinwesen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • polity noun Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.

Senses

Gemeinwesen is used for these senses in English:

  • body politic (metaphorical) The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.
  • polity (politics, religion, usually, uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.

polity — full definition

  1. noun Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
  2. noun A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.

Related German words