body politic

Example Sentences

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“Today’s common use of the word ‘progressive’ by a significant portion of American body politic traces its intellectual origin straight to the Marxist-Leninist ‘dialectical’ categorization of people into reactionaries and progressives,” Mr. Yu said.

From Washington Times

It still defines as American a constellation of ideological positions against which all others must be labeled abnormal, and cast out of the body politic as if a contagious disease.

From Los Angeles Times

Without them, the chaos first introduced into the body politic 40 years ago will continue to fester and spread.

From Salon

Those realities showed him that right-thinking Americans knew how the health of the body politic depends on blood purity.

From Salon

Trump's embrace of lies and violence have produced an unrelenting series of shocks to the body politic and its democratic ideals.

From Salon