🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

gruppo di interesse

Pronunciation / Transliteration: groop-po dee in-te-re-se

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interest Group/ˈɪn.tə.rest ɡruːp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il gruppo di interesse ha fatto pressione per una nuova legge."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An organization of people with shared objectives who actively seek to influence political decisions.

    "The environmental interest group lobbied for stricter regulations on pollution."
  2. 2

    A collective of individuals or organizations that advocate for specific issues or causes.

    "The interest group for education reform presented their proposals to the government."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'interest group' combines 'interest', derived from the Latin 'interesse', meaning 'to be between', and 'group', from Old French 'groupe', meaning 'a cluster'. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to describe organizations that advocate for specific causes or interests.

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