Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practices of a lobbyist; the system of lobbying.
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- noun
Lobbying , as for example inpolitics .
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- noun the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist
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Examples
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To me Al is a frosh Senator, not yet jaded in the mire of lobbyism on either side of the isle.
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Take lobbyism, politicism, and partisanism out of government and maybe we'll see a better future for you, me, our children and the populace as a whole.
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Consequently, there is urgent need for a strong green lobbyism that can exert strong pressure on the world's politicians to take responsibility for solving the accelerating climate problems.
Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Epidemic Erik Rasmussen 2011
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The only thing how we can come close to a society wich has good "social (ist)" attributes is to talk about how to achive a real working democracy combined with education for everyone regardless his money-background and a zero tolerance to coruption or lobbyism.
Venezuela bans violent video games: a first-person guest essay - Boing Boing 2009
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I doubt that he will prolly just continuing his career into lobbyism.
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One of these days Timmeh is going to wake up and figure out that lobbyism is socialism not that it spreads the wealth but privatized the profits while socializing massive amounts of debt.
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Consequently, there is urgent need for a strong green lobbyism that can exert strong pressure on the world's politicians to take responsibility for solving the accelerating climate problems.
Erik Rasmussen: The World's Most Dangerous Epidemic Erik Rasmussen 2011
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I have never read any civics course in school that discusses lobbyism and the corrupt nature of DC.
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Blogs are powerful tools; they can represent an advance form of lobbyism, which in turn can be seen as a threat.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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They both stressed the desperate need for political reform and a change in politics as usual, and an end to corporate lobbyism.
Top Edwards Adviser Joe Trippi: Hillary And Obama Are "Banging Down The Doors" For Our Endorsement 2009
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