special interest group
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English
Noun
special interest group (plural special interest groups)
- An advocacy group.
- Synonym: (initialism) SIG
- 1977 April 18, Jimmy Carter, President's Address to the Nation on Proposed National Energy Policy:
- We can be sure that all the special interest groups in the country will attack the part of this plan that affects them directly. They will say that sacrifice is fine, as long as other people do it, but that their sacrifice is unreasonable, or unfair, or harmful to the country. If they succeed, then the burden on the ordinary citizen, who is not organized into an interest group, would be crushing.
- A group formed to discuss a particular topic or issue.
- Synonym: (initialism) SIG
Translations
advocacy group — see advocacy group
Further reading
Special Interest Group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
