resident

Examples of citizen

citizen
The citizens of the country constitute an organic whole, which is integrated by the general will of the masses.
The richest and most powerful citizens never returned.
Through social practices, citizens or social agents adhere to these foundational principles for the sake of social recognition and reward, thereby ensuring their reproduction.
Thus, state-level institutions may contribute to democracy by instilling a greater sense of citizens' ability to shape what their governments do.
Is the patient to be understood as an individual, as a family member, or as a citizen?
In societies characterised by extreme inequality, the effects of unequal citizen involvement may actually exacerbate the inequitable provision of public security.
In classical political economy, voluntary arrangements to fix prices and restrict competition were part of a citizen's broader right to contract.
Perhaps this is because higher taxes are often used to fund a higher level of desirable government services, leaving citizens equally well or better off.
While clearly reaching thousands of citizens, they are still quite limited.
For these reasons alone, child delinquents constitute a disproportionate threat to the safety and property of citizens across the nation.
The same holds for safety because all citizens in a safe country will benefit from this good.
This is a recipe for bribery, since private citizens now have an interest in breaking the law.
Thus, campaigns can only marginally move citizens' weight of economic attitudes in their voting decision.
While direct democracy might lead to lower political efficacy of minorities, it might have a positive general impact on citizen attitudes towards government.
The powers that previous mayors enjoyed were seriously impeded, and they became powerless to solve citizens' economic and social problems.
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Collocations withcitizen

citizen

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active citizen
That is, a common language enables the speaker to be an activecitizen.
average citizen
Issues of financial planning are, of course, important in privately-purchased pensions with decisions about retirement saving perhaps the most crucial taken by the averagecitizen.
british citizen
British citizens who committed serious offences.
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