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Special interest

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A particular political issue that is the focus of political advocacy.
  2. 2
    an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying wordnet
  3. 3
    A self-serving group with political power; especially, a shadowy one.

    "Near-synonym: lobby"

  4. 4
    A particular highly focused interest of an autistic person.

    "I'm dating a boy called Nick whose special interest is video games; he won't stop talking about Pokémon."

  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, interest.

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