Antonyms for citizenry
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sit-uh-zuh n-ree, -suh n- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪt ə zən ri, -sən- |
Definition of citizenry
Origin :- "citizens collectively," 1795, from citizen + -ry.
- As in population : noun inhabitants of a place
- As in commonwealth : noun political or geographic area
- As in constituency : noun voting public
- As in country : noun political territory; nation
- To and fro the citizenry bustled, aglow with the perfection of the weather.
- Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
- I am supposed to arouse a citizenry on their behalf that is petrified with indifference.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- There was no such thing as a citizenry trained to artillery.
- Extract from : « Our Army at the Front » by Heywood Broun
- No nation can long persist that does not have this kind of citizenry in the background.
- Extract from : « The Holy Earth » by L. H. Bailey
- Thousands of soldiers and citizenry, in fighting array, watched the departure of the little group.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- Bucket brigades was the only fire protection the prefecture afforded its citizenry.
- Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
- Rhetta did not give him much time, to be sure, but ran on with her denunciation of the citizenry of the town.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Such systems enfranchise more of a country's citizenry than does the two- party system in the USA.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- The attitude of the citizenry appeared to be that of passive acceptance of conditions which must not be interfered with.
- Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
- To the citizenry with Southern sympathies, war meant bitter severance once again from Virginia.
- Extract from : « Seaport in Virginia » by Gay Montague Moore
Synonyms for citizenry
- balloters
- body of voters
- body politic
- citizenry
- citizens
- city
- commonality
- commonwealth
- community
- constituents
- county
- culture
- democracy
- denizens
- district
- dwellers
- electorate
- electors
- faction
- federation
- folk
- grass roots
- homeland
- inhabitants
- kingdom
- land
- nation
- native land
- natives
- patria
- people
- polity
- populace
- precinct
- public
- realm
- region
- republic
- residents
- society
- soil
- sovereign state
- state
- system
- terrain
- voters
- voting area
- ward
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