citizenry
noun
cit·i·zen·ry
ˈsi-tə-zən-rē 
also -sən-
plural citizenries
: a whole body of citizens
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In five days’ time, around 49% of the country is going to be some combination of pissed off and/or terrified, which is really no way to run a functional citizenry.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The goal of influence operations is to engineer a shift in enemy decision-making by shaping the views of the citizenry.
—David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Mauritius may have gambled with its national dowry, but its consideration for a destitute citizenry wasn’t merely notional.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This modification will be manifest to that degree to which the descendants of immigrants constitute our future citizenry.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The goal of influence operations is to engineer a shift in enemy decision-making by shaping the views of the citizenry.
—David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Mauritius may have gambled with its national dowry, but its consideration for a destitute citizenry wasn’t merely notional.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
This modification will be manifest to that degree to which the descendants of immigrants constitute our future citizenry.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citizenry. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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