Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Citizens considered as a group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The general body of citizens; the inhabitants of a city as opposed to country people, or the mass of people in common life as opposed to the military, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The group of all
citizens .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
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Examples
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Assumption Number Two: If the citizenry is an armed mob, then the forces of government, the police, etc., are always just, fair, and efficient, ready to protect you when trouble comes.
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Do any of these countries have such a diverse population where over a quarter of the citizenry is made up of African or Hispanic decendants?
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The US citizenry is helplessly (and for the most part, blindly) accepting whatever edicts are brought down "from on high" because they ~all~ now contain significant references to terrorism and Security of the Homeland; as a result, no one is even noticing!
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"At a time when Americans are confronted with increasingly challenging environmental choices, we learn that our citizenry is by and large both uninformed and misinformed."
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When your toooo busy accepting $$$ from lobbyist, the welfare of the citizenry is nae important.
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Do any of these countries have such a diverse population where over a quarter of the citizenry is made up of African or Hispanic decendants?
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To an extent, they have a point – the general citizenry is under no obligation to be sensitive.
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As the Founders declared an educated and intelligent citizenry is important for the continuance of our democracy.
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‘Because a well-equipped and well-practiced military eligible citizenry is necessary to keep a nation free, ...’
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But now, the American citizenry is deeply concerned and engaged with the political process - which is a very good thing. patNY
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