body politic

body politic
noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government
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the state has elected a new president

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African nations

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students who had come to the nation's capitol

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the country's largest manufacturer

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an industrialized land

• Syn: ↑state, ↑nation, ↑country, ↑land, ↑commonwealth, ↑res publica
• Hypernyms: ↑political unit, ↑political entity
• Hyponyms:
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Eelam, ↑Tamil Eelam
• Part Meronyms: ↑estate of the realm, ↑estate, ↑the three estates

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noun
the body politic
formal : all the people in a particular country considered as a single group

The article examines the language politicians use to appeal to the body politic.

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the ˌbody ˈpolitic [body politic] noun singular (formal)
all the people of a particular nation considered as an organized political group

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This new policy has touched a nerve in the American body politic.


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