body politic

noun

, Political Science.

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

body politic

noun

1. the body politic
   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

Plenty will just want to disengage from the body politic, but that’s how Trump and his enablers succeed.

From Salon

The media injected Donald Trump’s fear and hate into the body politic Sunday in Madison Square Garden.

From Salon

They say calling Trump what he is — a pendant authoritarian, a convicted criminal, an enabler of the worst and most dangerous elements of our body politic — constitutes a death threat, not a description.

From Salon

“If we possess anything important in our citizenship, it’s the ability to vote and to participate in the body politic of our localities in our nation,” Lacy said.

From Los Angeles Times

The legal and political reactions of the American people or the body politic to Nixon 50 years ago and Trump today are as different as night and day.

From Salon