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
Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The body politic wages war against itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, and the all-out battle makes for a gripping spectacle in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
