body politic

noun

Political Science.

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

body politic

noun

1. the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state

Word History and Origins

Origin of body politic¹

1425–75; late Middle English bodi politik

Example Sentences

"The body politic of America was so Christian and was so Protestant that our form and structure of government was built for the people that believed in Christ our Lord," Kirk said in 2024.

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In other words, what our body politic is facing today is not substantively new; it’s only perceptually new to those who’ve never before been subject to the whims of a place like Tallahassee.

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The Epstein scandal may prove to be the tie that binds — or, to extend the metaphor, the first political bloodletting that has universal appeal since Nixon was expelled from the body politic.

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We are affirmed in the knowledge that we are the body politic.

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We are no longer at the level of right-wing conspiracy theory invading the body politic or contaminating government policy — admittedly, that’s been true for years.

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