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body politic

NOUN
people as political whole
Synonyms
WEAK
commonwealth constituency country electorate land nation polity res publica state the people

Example Sentences

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It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

We are affirmed in the knowledge that we are the body politic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis