"special interest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: special interests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} special interest (plural special interests)
  1. A particular political issue that is the focus of political advocacy. Translations (political issue): særinteresse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), særinteresse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), särintresse (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-special_interest-en-noun-Mfp9qAdl Disambiguation of 'political issue': 90 10 0 0
  2. A shadowy group with political power.
    Sense id: en-special_interest-en-noun-9JO5~xsw
  3. A particular highly focused interest of an autistic person. Synonyms: spin, spinterest
    Sense id: en-special_interest-en-noun-en:spin Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 6 49 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 7 61 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 6 57 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 5 76 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 8 68 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 4 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 8 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 13 9 65 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 2 90 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 7 71 11
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, interest. Derived forms: special interest group
    Sense id: en-special_interest-en-noun-NL~vS~O0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (topic of particular interest and passion): 特殊興趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 特殊兴趣 (tèshū xìngqù) (Chinese Mandarin), ekko (Finnish), intérêt spécifique (French)
Disambiguation of 'topic of particular interest and passion': 43 1 47 9

Inflected forms

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