Body Politic (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The country's economic turmoil is reflected in its worried body politic, whose citizens demand swift solutions from the new administration.
- In such a polarized body politic, achieving bipartisan consensus has proven to be an arduous task.
- For a healthy body politic, an impartial and strong judiciary system is essential in ensuring fair and just governance.
- The results of the latest presidential election were a telling sign of the nation's evolving body politic and shifting priorities.
- When a natural disaster hits a country, the resilience of its body politic becomes apparent in the response and support provided to those affected.