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body politic

noun

Political Science.
  1. a people regarded as a political body under an organized government.


body politic

noun

  1. the body politic
    the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of body politic1

1425–75; late Middle English bodi politik
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Corruption has infected the body politic, leaving a chasm in local leadership desperate for someone to fill.

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So, in 2020 the American body politic, with the influence of a real virus, shook off its political virus.

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As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.

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Plenty will just want to disengage from the body politic, but that’s how Trump and his enablers succeed.

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The media injected Donald Trump’s fear and hate into the body politic Sunday in Madison Square Garden.

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