populace

[PopĀ·u*lace]

The populace is a way to refer to a group of people in general, like the masses or a population.

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The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

Noun
people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"


n.
The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.


Populace

Pop"u*lace , n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. Pope.
To . . . calm the peers and please the populace.
They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces.
Syn. -- Mob; people; commonalty.

The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

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Usage Examples

We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

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Other Usage Examples

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others.

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