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. Claude Arnold:

   The U.S. is the center of international trade. As soon as businesses are not allowed to come to the U.S. to do business internationally, that’s all it would take, those countries would start accepting back their deportees immediately because they would get such pressure from their citizenry who would be hurt financially.

2. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

3. Salvador Panelo:

   The enemies of the state have boldly challenged the capability of the government to secure the safety of the citizenry in that region, the armed forces of the Philippines will rise to the challenge and crush these godless criminals.

4. Jonathan Mitchell:

   And The United States 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. James Shields:

   There is what might be called a cultural assumption in France that whoever is in power will abuse that power unless kept in check, this forms part of the continual tension between government and the citizenry... the muscular action that often accompanies it is part of the negotiating framework, a show of brute strength prior to seeking peaceful resolution. Not for nothing is.