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noun
The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A corporation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: political unit, political entity
Narrower terms: 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, Eelam, Tamil Eelam
History
From body + politic (postpositive adjective), calque of Latin corpus polīticum.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
