πολιτεία — meaning in English

English meaning

• polity noun The way a state or religious body is organised and governed.
• state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.

Senses

πολιτεία is used for these senses in English:

• polity (political science, countable) A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.
• state A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.

polity — full definition

1. noun The way a state or religious body is organised and governed.
2. noun A group of people organised under a system of government, such as a nation or the state that rules it.

state — full definition

1. noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
2. noun A country, or a self-governing political division within a larger country (such as one of the fifty American states).
3. verb To say or write something clearly and directly.

Related Greek words