Synonyms for policy
ˈpɒl ə sipol·i·cy

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1. policy

   Polity is the permanent system of government of a state, a church, or a society; policy is the method of management with reference to the attainment of certain ends; the national polity of the United States is republican; each administration has a policy of its own. Policy is often used as equivalent to expediency; as, many think honesty to be good policy. Polity used in ecclesiastical use serves a valuable purpose in distinguishing that which relates to administration and government from that which relates to faith and doctrine; two churches identical in faith may differ in polity, or those agreeing in polity may differ in faith. Compare LAW.

   Synonyms:
   constitution, form of government, polity, system of government

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1. policy

   Synonyms:
   plan, device, system, prudence, management, cunning

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1. policynoun

   a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

   "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"

   Synonyms:
   insurance, insurance policy

2. policynoun

   a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government

   "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"

   Synonyms:
   insurance, insurance policy

3. policy, insurance policy, insurancenoun

   written contract or certificate of insurance

   "you should have read the small print on your policy"

   Synonyms:
   insurance, indemnity, insurance policy

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1. • Argumentation
   • Contract
   • Plan Of Action

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1. exclusionism

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

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1. policynoun

   Synonyms:
   administration, management, government, rule, mode of management, course of action

2. policynoun

   Synonyms:
   cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness

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1. List of paraphrases for "policy":

   political, policies, politics, strategic, politique, normative, policy-making, política, policymaking, directive, politician, politik, orientation, guidance, regulatory, politiques, politically

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1. Xavier Becerra:

   This Trump administration policy turns our universities into hotspots of the disease. This Trump administration policy is just unlawful, This Trump administration policy's dangerous and This Trump administration policy's morally reprehensible.

2. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   In response to Biden's energy policy: Senator John Kennedy then gave a folksy analogy to describe Biden’s energy policy: “Ainsley, I used to have a beagle named Roger. And Roger was a rascal. About every two weeks, Roger would run off. He’d always come back but about half the time he’d come back dragging roadkill that he would hide under my back porch. President Biden’s energy policy looks like and smells like something Roger used to keep under my back porch.”

3. Benny Gantz:

   The American policy should be American policy, and Israeli policy should stay Israeli policy.

4. George Carlin:

   Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

5. Scott Atlas:

   We have to recognize the harms of removing someone from society, of a so-called prolonged lockdown. They are extraordinary, and the role of public policy is not just to eliminate Covid-19 infection at all cost, that is not the correct policy. It never really was the policy. The policy is really to consider what the impact of the lockdown, what the actions of the policy, are.