the body politic
noun phrase
formal
: all the people in a particular country considered as a single group
The article examines the language politicians use to appeal to the body politic.
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All within the body politic must recognize the salience of education on all levels and treat it as an imperative investment for universal prosperity.
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
No longer a horror wunderkind, Aster, at thirty-nine, yearns to be an impish anatomist of the body politic.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
Corruption has infected the body politic, leaving a chasm in local leadership desperate for someone to fill.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
But the body politic is cheating the test with alarming ease.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Fundamental shifts are occurring in the body politic that have left Democrats on the wrong side of the popular vote, congressional races, and the country's shifting demographics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
But the disease has lodged itself more deeply in the body politic than this picture suggests.
—Sarah Chayes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
No longer a horror wunderkind, Aster, at thirty-nine, yearns to be an impish anatomist of the body politic.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
Corruption has infected the body politic, leaving a chasm in local leadership desperate for someone to fill.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
But the body politic is cheating the test with alarming ease.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Fundamental shifts are occurring in the body politic that have left Democrats on the wrong side of the popular vote, congressional races, and the country's shifting demographics.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
But the disease has lodged itself more deeply in the body politic than this picture suggests.
—Sarah Chayes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
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“The body politic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20body%20politic. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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