special interest

Noun

Meaning

an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

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Synonyms

pressure group lobby special interest group interest group lobbyist lobby group advocacy group political action committee keen interest close attention strong interest considerable interest greater interest intense interest great importance
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Antonyms

indifference disregard disinterest lack of interest lack of concern lack of attention
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Hypernyms

interest interest group political unit political entity

Hyponyms

NRA National Rifle Association

Examples

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football. Fran Lebowitz

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty. Ron Paul

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. Lafcadio Hearn

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me. Vincent Gallo

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes. Evan Parker

When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air – the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest. Michael Bloomberg

Close letter words and terms

special influence special institutions special instruction special interest group special interests special investigator