constituency.

1. An electoral area represented by an elected official.

2. A group of people with shared interests that an institution, speaker, or policy serves or represents.

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Words that belong together

• parliamentary constituency
• rural constituency

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The constituency included the town and several outlying villages.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular constituency; plural constituencies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.