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Benzoic acid is meta directing in both acidic or basic solution because what ever may be the condition C=O still withdraw electron from the Benzene ring. Changing the medium only alter the electron withdrawing tendency. Anyways both carboxylic acid and carboxylate anion are electron withdrawing in nature. Kindly accept my answer!