This invention, includes with oil phase and water phase and the water type emulsification system in one oil at least, being the composition of form of the positive latex (positive latex), it designates that it includes direct, divergence or building a bridge anionic characteristic high polymer electrolyte as feature, a) monomer unit, and b which are derived, from the acrylic acid of separation form of the mol ratio which is not zero or the form which is chloridated partly), formula (i) of separation form of the mol ratio which is not zero or the form which is chloridated partly: CH=CH C (=O) O [CH CH C (=O) O] H (i)(In formula, n (1) above and (5) a quantity below is) includes the monomer unit which is derived from acid, it regards the composition. This invention the method of manufacturing the said composition, the polymer powder, and the cosmetics composition or the medical supply composition as a thickener regards also those uses.< Selective figure >It is not本発明は、油相と、水相と、少なくとも1つの油中水型乳化系とを含む、陽性ラテックス(positive latex)の形態の組成物であって、直鎖、分岐又は架橋アニオン性高分子電解質を含むことを特徴とし、a)ゼロでないモル比の、遊離形態又は部分的に塩化した形態のアクリル酸に由来するモノマー単位、及びb)ゼロでないモル比の、遊離形態又は部分的に塩化した形態の式(I):CH2=CH-C(=O)-O-[CH2-CH2-C(=O)-O]n-H・・・(I)(式中、nは(1)以上かつ(5)以下の数である)の酸に由来するモノマー単位を含む、組成物に関する。本発明は該組成物を調製する方法、ポリマー粉末、及び化粧品組成物又は医薬品組成物の増粘剤としてのそれらの使用にも関する。【選択図】なし