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Bod·y pol·i·tic

/ˌbädē ˈpälətik/

noun
- 1. the people of a nation, state, or society considered collectively as an organized group of citizens: "individual dissent was considered necessary to the health of the body politic"
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Metaphor for social organism
The body politic is a polity—such as a city, realm, or state—considered metaphorically as a physical body. Historically, the sovereign is typically portrayed as the body's head, and the analogy may also be extended to other anatomical parts, as in political readings of Aesop's fable of "The Belly and the Members". The image originates in ancient Greek philosophy, beginning in the 6th century BC, a... Wikipedia
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