constituency
/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.69 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A district represented by one or more elected officials.
noun
The voters within an electoral district.
noun
The residents of an electoral district.
noun
An interest group or fan base.
Example Sentences
- "John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency."
- "The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize."
- "This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence"."
- "people outside his usual constituency of young married couples"
Etymology
From constituent + -ency.