the body politicnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌbɒd.i ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/us/ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑː.lə.tɪk/formalall the people of a particular country under a particular government
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Republics & kingdoms
- banana republic
- commonwealth
- crown
- dominion
- duchy
- dukedom
- earldom
- emirate
- kingdom
- monarchy
- principality
- realm
- republic
- sheikhdom
- sultanate
- territorial
- the citizenry
- the Reich
Examples from literature
- All the individual members of the body politic will thus live comfortably and well.
- He pronounced prejudice—whether religious, racial, patriotic, political—the destroyer of the body politic.
- The body politic of Russia contains about six millions of gifted and undoubtedly industrious Jews.
- The bonds which hold together the body politic are not sufficient.
- When, therefore, women entered formally into the body politic of these United States, they entered into a place of power already familiar to them in many of its activities.