citizenry
noun
cit·i·zen·ry
ˈsi-tə-zən-rē 
also -sən-
plural citizenries
: a whole body of citizens
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The collective fear of the citizenry of Middlebury is palpable.
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Nicholas W. Stuller, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2025
The area was created by state and federal agencies as well as local citizenry during the Great Depression, after the Works Progress Administration developed a plan to improve land use in the region while helping families get income.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
Especially within the United States, where the Senate often checks the passions of the House, the procedural challenges that result from this tend to ensure that only those proposals that enjoy broad purchase among the citizenry’s representatives are able to become law.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2025
Rule of law connotes a concept in which the citizenry accepts and obeys laws and legal rules and respects the authority of the judicial system that adjudicates these rules.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas W. Stuller, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2025
The area was created by state and federal agencies as well as local citizenry during the Great Depression, after the Works Progress Administration developed a plan to improve land use in the region while helping families get income.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 14 Apr. 2025
Especially within the United States, where the Senate often checks the passions of the House, the procedural challenges that result from this tend to ensure that only those proposals that enjoy broad purchase among the citizenry’s representatives are able to become law.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2025
Rule of law connotes a concept in which the citizenry accepts and obeys laws and legal rules and respects the authority of the judicial system that adjudicates these rules.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for citizenry
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citizenry. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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