special interest

English

Noun

special interest (plural special interests)

1. A particular political issue that is the focus of political advocacy.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special,‎ interest.

   I'm dating a boy called Nick whose special interest is video games; he won't stop talking about Pokémon.

Derived terms

• special interest group

Translations

special interest

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: særinteresse m

  Nynorsk: særinteresse f

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References

• “special interest”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.