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body politic

n.
The people of a politically organized nation or state considered as a group.
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body politic

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the body politic the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
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bod′y pol′itic


n.
a people regarded as forming a political body under an organized government.
[1425–75; late Middle English]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.body politic - a politically organized body of people under a single governmentbody politic - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
commonwealth country - any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
developing country - a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
Dominion - one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
estate of the realm, the three estates, estate - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
foreign country - any state of which one is not a citizen; "working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to"
Reich - the German state
renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state - a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
suzerain - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strength
great power, major power, superpower, world power, power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
city state, city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
ally - a friendly nation
political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities
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body politic

noun
An organized geopolitical unit:
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body politic

n (frm) the body politiclo Stato
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We shall constitute one-third and more of the ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third its intelligence and progress; we shall contribute one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South, or we shall prove a veritable body of death, stagnating, depressing, retarding every effort to advance the body politic.
In a well- regulated body politic this natural desire on the part of a spirited young gentleman so highly connected would be speedily recognized, but somehow William Buffy found when he came in that these were not times in which he could manage that little matter either, and this was the second indication Sir Leicester Dedlock had conveyed to him that the country was going to pieces.
But throughout creation Nature has confined the vital principle within a narrow space, in order to concentrate its power; and so it is with the body politic. I will illustrate this thought of mine by examples.
Whosoever has observed that sedate and clerical bird, the rook, may perhaps have noticed that when he wings his way homeward towards nightfall, in a sedate and clerical company, two rooks will suddenly detach themselves from the rest, will retrace their flight for some distance, and will there poise and linger; conveying to mere men the fancy that it is of some occult importance to the body politic, that this artful couple should pretend to have renounced connection with it.
One of these remarkable incidents is the execution of that instrument of government by which they formed themselves into a body politic, the day after their arrival upon the coast, and previous to their first landing.
Though its consumption and with it, the samovar, or self-boiler, a metal urnlike contraption fashioned out of silver, brass, copper, or iron, took hold of the Russian body politic only in the 19th century, the practice and the object quickly became central to the nation's identity, even twinned icons of Russianness.
He covers the communicative viewpoint: photography, frontality, and multiplicity during the 1800s; the beholder in motion: kinetic viewership; and the body physical, the body politic: incorporated viewership during the 1960s.
LAHORE -- Asking herself what is a home, Aisha Farooqui considers Pakistan as her grand home and wants to hug it as it were a person, in an attempt to heal all the wounds it had suffered to its body politic during her absence from the country.
Fineza, in her order, said the condonation doctrine only applied to a 'public officer who is elected to a different position provided that it is shown that the body politic (voters) electing the person to another office is the same.'
Dimon said he "strongly" agrees with the statement and his "heart goes out to the impacted families," adding, ""We need to fix our immigration problems - it's tearing apart our body politic and damaging our economy ...
IANS Panaji The Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was different from the"undeclared emergency"of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which is a slow poison injected into the body politic of India, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Wednesday.
Once the far-left take hold as they are doing in Britain today all standards fall, all logic goes and the entire body politic begins to fall apart.