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English noun: policy | |||
| 1. | policy (cognition) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group | ||
| Samples | It was a policy of retribution. A politician keeps changing his policies. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan of action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | activism, beggar-my-neighbor policy, beggar-my-neighbor strategy, beggar-my-neighbour policy, beggar-my-neighbour strategy, centralism, containment, moderationism, obscurantism, Thatcherism, ultramontanism | ||
| 2. | policy (communication) a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government | ||
| Samples | They debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clericalism, economic policy, foreign policy, party line, plank, social policy, zero-tolerance policy, Zionism | ||
| 3. | policy (communication) written contract or certificate of insurance | ||
| Samples | You should have read the small print on your policy. | ||
| Synonyms | insurance, insurance policy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | floater, floating policy | ||
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