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pressure group

noun

: an interest group organized to influence public and especially government policy but not to elect candidates to office

Example Sentences

a pressure group trying to reduce taxes observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published
Recent Examples on the Web Benn also hailed the work done by climate change pressure group Music Declares Emergency, which partnered with Reading & Leeds this year and campaigned on site all weekend. Mark Sutherland, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022 In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern. Jill Lawless, ajc, 3 Aug. 2022 The author, Norman Tumuhimbise, was detained last week along with eight other individuals who together are activists in a pressure group, their lawyer, Eron Kiiza, told Reuters. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 In high pressure group decision-making, attempts by members to reduce the stress associated with decision-making often results in groupthink and bad decisions. Avi Dan, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021 Female civil servants who refuse to do so have been demoted or sacked, according to Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch, a pressure group. The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021 This surprises many people, who are used to thinking of the fossil-fuel industry as the main pressure group. Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021 The contract would run through 2045 and is key to launch construction of the U.S. firm’s Rio Grande LNG export terminal in Texas, according to the pressure group Les Amis de la Terre. Francois De Beaupuy, Bloomberg.com, 22 Oct. 2020 There is a big difference between running a political party and running a glorified pressure group. The Economist, 7 June 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pressure group was in 1924

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