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body politic

noun

Political Science.

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

body politic

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of body politic¹

1425–75; late Middle English bodi politik

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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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Afflicted by the disease of authoritarianism, the body politic begins to stumble, perhaps to fall.

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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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body plan body press

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