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# citizenry

«citizenry» in Mova's school dictionary: **All the citizens of a country, town or place, thought of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the citizenry, uncountable, formal)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) All the citizens of a country, town or place, thought of as one group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It appears in history, politics and news writing — «an informed citizenry», «the citizenry of Athens». It tells the reader we mean the whole people, not one person. Everyday English says «the people» or «citizens».

### examples

- Democracy needs an informed citizenry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x1)
- The citizenry of ancient Athens voted in the assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x2)
- The new law was welcomed by the citizenry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x3)
- The mayor spoke to the whole citizenry of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x4)
- A free press helps the citizenry know the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x5)
- The citizenry gathered in the square to celebrate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/#x6)

### note

Formal and uncountable; used with «the». Say «SIT-iz-en-ree». Ordinary speech uses «citizens» or «the people».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «citizenry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.