body politic
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You can see something similar in the body politic, when the sudden appearance of something new and confusing kicks societal defenses into overdrive.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Propaganda, he argues, could be a tool to regulate and benefit the body politic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
All of this is a horror show for our body politic.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
That’s unhealthy for the body politic — and for voters themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
His silence on the slavery question was strategic, believing as he did that slavery was a cancer on the body politic of America that could not at present be removed without killing the patient.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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