special interest group
noun [C] (US also special interest)Definition
› a group of people who have particular demands and who try to influence political decisions involving them: Much of the pressure for changing the law has come from special interest groups.Groups of peopleActivism and pressure groups
(Definition of special interest group noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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