noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government
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the state has elected a new president
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African nations
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students who had come to the nation's capitol
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the country's largest manufacturer
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an industrialized land
• Syn: ↑state, ↑nation, ↑country, ↑land, ↑commonwealth, ↑res publica
• Hypernyms: ↑political unit, ↑political entity
• Hyponyms:
↑commonwealth country, ↑developing country, ↑Dominion, ↑foreign country, ↑Reich, ↑rogue state, ↑renegade state, ↑rogue nation, ↑suzerain, ↑sea power, ↑world power, ↑major power, ↑great power, ↑power, ↑superpower, ↑city state, ↑city-state, ↑ally
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Eelam, ↑Tamil Eelam
• Part Meronyms: ↑estate of the realm, ↑estate, ↑the three estates
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noun
the body politic
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 the people of a particular nation considered as an organized political group
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This new policy has touched a nerve in the American body politic.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.