"body politic" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities
subtypes:
- commonwealth country - any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
- developing country - a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
- dominion - one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
- foreign country - any state of which one is not a citizen
- reich - the German state
- renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state - a state that does not respect other states in its international actions
- suzerain - a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
- sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strength
- great power, major power, power, superpower, world power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- city state, city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
- ally - a friendly nation
specific instances: eelam, tamil eelam - the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for

has: estate, estate of the realm, the three estates - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

same as: commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state