pressure group
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An advocacy group.
Example Sentences
- "Various efforts by certain political pressure groups were still being made to stop the West Africa Squadron's activities, for a number of less-than-honourable reasons, but the government was able to resist them and the patrols would continue."
- "Passengers, pressure groups and local authorities have criticised the operator's plans for a permanent reduction in services."