What is another word for the populace?

Pronunciation: [ðə pˈɒpjʊlˌe͡ɪs] (IPA)

The term "populace" is often used to refer to a general population or the masses. However, there are several other words that can be used as synonyms to describe the same group of people. One such word is "citizens" which is a term used to describe a group of people who are members of a particular country or state. Another synonym is "community" which refers to a group of people living in a particular area or sharing a common interest. "Society" is also often used as a synonym for the populace, referring to a group of people who share a common culture, values, and institutions. Finally, "public" can also be used to refer to the populace, especially in the context of government and policy making.

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What are the hypernyms for The populace?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with The populace

  • People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
    F. Murray Abraham
  • Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.
    William Greider
  • Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
    Gerald F. Lieberman
  • 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.
    H. L. Mencken

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