constituency

constituency
noun
1 (esp. BrE) district that elects a political representative
ADJECTIVE
important, key
home (AmE), local
marginal (BrE)

The Tories are concentrating their campaign in the key marginal constituencies.

target
electoral, parliamentary (BrE), senatorial (AmE)
inner-city, urban
suburban
county, rural
VERB + CONSTITUENCY
represent

He represents a constituency in the north of England.

CONSTITUENCY + NOUN
boundaries
MP (BrE)
PREPOSITION
in a/the constituency

the people in this constituency

2 group in society
ADJECTIVE
broad, wider
core, key, natural, traditional

These people are the party's natural constituency.

important, powerful (esp. AmE)
domestic, political, religious (esp. AmE)
Democratic, Republican, etc. (AmE)

African-American voters are a key Democratic constituency.

VERB + CONSTITUENCY
appeal to, represent

The party needs to appeal to a broader constituency.

build, create (both esp. AmE)
alienate (esp. AmE)

This position risks alienating an important constituency.

PREPOSITION
in a/the constituency

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  • Constituency — Con*stit u*en*cy (k[o^]n*st[ict]t [ u]*[ e]n*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Constituencies} (k[o^]n*st[ict]t [ u]*[ e]n*s[i^]z). A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • constituency — body of constituents, 1806, from CONSTITUENT (Cf. constituent) + CY (Cf. cy) …   Etymology dictionary

  • constituency — [n] voting public balloters, body of voters, body politic, citizenry, city, county, district, electorate, electors, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, voters, voting area, ward; concept 379 …   New thesaurus

  • constituency — ► NOUN (pl. constituencies) 1) a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body. 2) chiefly Brit. the area represented in this way …   English terms dictionary

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