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- [pop-yuh-luh s]
- /ˈpɒp yə ləs/
- /ˈpɔpjʊləs/
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- [pop-yuh-luh s]
- /ˈpɒp yə ləs/
Definitions of populace word
- noun populace the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes. 1
- noun populace all the inhabitants of a place; population. 1
- noun populace population, inhabitants 1
- noun populace general public 1
- uncountable noun populace The populace of a country is its people. 0
- noun populace the inhabitants of an area 0
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Origin of populace
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
1565-75; < French < Italian popolaccio, equivalent to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
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Parts of speech for Populace
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adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
populace popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
populace usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for populace
noun populace
- all and sundry — All and sundry means everyone.
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- commonality — Commonality is used to refer to a feature or purpose that is shared by two or more people or things.
- commonalty — the ordinary people as distinct from those with authority, rank, or title, esp when considered as a political and social unit or estate of the realm
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