CONSTITUENCY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The body of voters who elect a representative for their area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("constituency" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Meronyms (members of "constituency"):

constituent (a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes)

Holonyms ("constituency" is a member of...):

electorate (the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote)

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