body politic
noun[S]
uk/ˌbɒd.i ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/us/ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑː.lə.tɪk/pluralbodies politicthepeopleof acountry,area,society, orgroupconsideredtogether as asingleorganizedsystem,especiallywhen this is beingcomparedin some way to ahumanbody:
Politicians shouldtellthetruthbecauseliescorruptthebodypolitic.
Throughouthistory,peoplehavemutuallyagreedtoformacommunityand set up abodypolitic.
- Citizens shouldvotebecausevotingis thegluethatholdsthebodypolitictogether.
- Thebodypoliticis alreadysickbeyond anyjudicialremedy, hedeclares.
- Ifcapitalflowstopsthen thebodypoliticofcapitalistsocietydies.
- Thegeneralpromisedtokeeppowerfor only aslongas it took tocleansethebodypolitic.
- Theconceptof abodypoliticdatesback tomedievaltimes.
- Thisbillmakes itclearthat thecouncil, as abodypolitic, has all thelegalpowersof anindividual.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- leftward
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
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