politic
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You can see something similar in the body politic, when the sudden appearance of something new and confusing kicks societal defenses into overdrive.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Propaganda, he argues, could be a tool to regulate and benefit the body politic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many executives also cultivate friendships with elected officials to have "privileged channels" with public administrations, said Charles Thibout, a politic science professor at the Sciences Po Strasbourg university in eastern France.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
The body politic was so disordered that all government seemed suspended.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing politic
Grade 9, List 4
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Much Ado About Nothing
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