"core constituency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: core constituencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} core constituency (plural core constituencies)
  1. (politics) The most important group or groups supporting an ideology, political party, officeholder, or candidate, and whose continuing support is crucial for survival and success. Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: core constituent Related terms: stakeholder Translations (politics: the most important supporting group): peruskannattajaryhmä (Finnish), peruskannattajat [plural] (Finnish), ydinkannattajakunta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-core_constituency-en-noun-F3xdJcQO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'politics: the most important supporting group': 83 17
  2. (by extension) A group or groups whose continuing support is crucial for the success of any organization or individual. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-core_constituency-en-noun-6QHRMa~K

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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