constituent
Represented citizen locally
A constituent is a component part that makes up a larger whole.
In chemistry and cooking alike, constituents are the ingredients or elements that combine to form something: Water's constituents are hydrogen and oxygen.
In politics, constituents are the voters who make up an elected official's district—the people a representative is supposed to serve.
The adjective use emphasizes this part-of-whole relationship: constituent parts, constituent elements.
A constituent assembly is one convened specifically to draft or adopt a constitution.
Piece of whole
- elementBasic substance or factor
- pieceA portion or segment
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- unitIndividual part or measure
module · section · ingredient · subcomponent · fragment · member · portion · factor
Antiderivative or crucial component
- fundamentalForming the base
- inherentExisting as essential part
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- coreCentral essential portion
basic · underlying · primary · structural · formative · elemental · foundational · necessary
Ballot-casting citizen
- electorEnfranchised citizen
- representativeOne who acts for another
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- legislatorElected maker of laws
senator · congressperson · parliament · electorate · district · lobbyist · caucus · incumbent
part
Piece of whole
unit · module · section · ingredient · subcomponent · fragment · member · portion · factor · subset
integral
Antiderivative or crucial component
- fundamentalForming the base
- inherentExisting as essential part
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
core · basic · underlying · primary · structural · formative · elemental · foundational · necessary · indispensable
voter
Ballot-casting citizen
- electorEnfranchised citizen
- representativeOne who acts for another
- delegateEntrust authority to another
legislator · senator · congressperson · parliament · electorate · district · lobbyist · caucus · incumbent · referendum
clause
Provision in agreement
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- subjectMatter under discussion
- complementWhat makes complete
modifier · predicate · adjunct · determiner · head · specifier · syntax · parse · immediate · ultimate
- Chomsky linguisticsuniversal grammar, merge, move, minimalist program, Noam Chomsky
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
- affiliationsmember, affiliate, associate, subscriber, patron
- civic rolesvoter, citizen, taxpayer, candidate, elected official
constituentrepresentative
One who acts for another
elected official · legislator · congressman · officeholder · delegate
constituentinessential
Not strictly necessary
nonessential · unessential · incidental · accessory · peripheral
- constituent servicesLawmaker assistance to voters
- core constituencyMost loyal supporters