Subpolity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A subdivision of a polity.
"It is quite conceivable that human history should have begun with a single all-embracing polity, and that as this grew in magnitude and complexity it should have been decentralized and divided into subpolities, each united within by its local peculiarities."
Example
More examples"It is quite conceivable that human history should have begun with a single all-embracing polity, and that as this grew in magnitude and complexity it should have been decentralized and divided into subpolities, each united within by its local peculiarities."
Etymology
From sub- + polity.
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