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Political bloc preoccupied with independence and equal terms (6)

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I believe the answer is:

parity

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'political bloc preoccupied' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'independence and equal terms' is the wordplay.
'independence' becomes 'I'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'equal' becomes 'par'.
'terms' becomes 'ty' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'i' after 'par' is 'pari'.
'pari'+'ty'='PARITY'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for parity that I've seen before include "Correspondence" , "Equality, equivalence" , "Equal condition" , "Equality in status" , "Egalitarian goal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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