public office

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meanings of publicand office

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings.
public
noun[ U, + sing/pl verb ]
uk /ˈpʌb.lɪk/ us /ˈpʌb.lɪk/
the group of people who are involved with you or your organization, especially in a ...
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office
noun
uk /ˈɒf.ɪs/ us /ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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Examples of public office

public office
But the most common accusation was that of affarismo, of using publicoffice in order to further private financial interest.
While citizens are backward looking, the government looks forward: it shapes its choices in an effort to retain publicoffice.
Women vote in elections but are reluctant to run for publicoffice and people are reluctant to vote for them.
It also includes evaluation of women who hold publicoffice and the importance of women holding these posts.
Overall, the opportunity to stand for publicoffice still favours men.
The prospect of holding publicoffice successfully harnessed private ambition to party legitimation and swelled the ranks of the partisan labour force.
With the exception of some posts in the judiciary, publicoffice in the nineteenth century did not provide the occupants with notable fortunes.
Instead, the first six presidents often spoke about their own venerable character or sense of duty that served as a qualification for publicoffice.
Its purpose was to check on the behaviour of persons holding publicoffice, especially with regard to the accumulation of wealth.
Nor are things much better among officials, including politicians who aggressively seek publicoffice at spectacular expense.
The underlying incentives stemmed from the candidates' search for the personal vote, essential for retaining publicoffice.
They are part of the political agenda and the status of the architect is often enhanced and recognized by election to high publicoffice.
The first group sees elections for publicoffice in that period as more or less like elections at any time or in any place.
That is, elections are aimed at choosing among candidates for publicoffice + the people we want to lead us in making law and policy.
The idea of selecting the relatively virtuous and conscientious for publicoffice is hardly a novel one in political theory more generally.
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