Synonyms for citizenry
ˈsɪt ə zən ri, -sən-cit·i·zen·ry

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1. citizenry, peoplenoun

   the body of citizens of a state or country

   "the Spanish people"

   Synonyms:
   the great unwashed, masses, mass, hoi polloi, multitude, people

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1. List of paraphrases for "citizenry":

   citizenship, citizens, citizen

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1. Renate Weber:

   I think the electoral board is well prepared to make these decisions, we can't expect everything will go well, but our presence here is a message to the citizenry that if something bad happens we're going to immediately check it out.

2. President Ronald Reagan:

   Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. ...[I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

3. Renate Weber:

   We can't expect everything will go well, but our presence here is a message to the citizenry that if something bad happens we're going to immediately check it out.

4. Stephen Breyer:

   And that is what Texas has done, by prohibiting state officials from enforcing the statute and by authorizing the citizenry to enforce the law through private civil-enforcement actions, Texas has boxed out the judiciary from entertaining.

5. John Whitehead:

   …government agencies such as the CIA and the NSA have been spying on the citizenry through our smart TVs, listening in on our phone calls, hacking into our computerized devices (including our cars) and compromising our security systems through the use of spyware and malware.