Constituency
[kən'stɪtjʊənsɪ] or [kən'stʃuənsi]
Definition
(noun.) the body of voters who elect a representative for their area.
Typist: Nora--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.
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Examples
- The statesman acts in part as an intermediary between the experts and his constituency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But let them all be represented in one room by men who are professionally interested in their constituency's prejudices and what would you accomplish but a deepening of the cleavages? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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