populace

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpɑpjələs/ UK /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ See IPA manual

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populous /ˈpɑpjələs/

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the general public; the ordinary people of a place

The new policy was wildly unpopular with the local populace.

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1 noun · the general public; the... public peoplecitizenrymasses inhabitants population commonalty multitude

Word family

Related forms popular population populous populist

Etymology

From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio ('rabble, common people'), a pejorative of popolo ('people'), from Latin populus ('people').

populace Middle French populus itc-ola

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# populace

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpɑpjələs
**IPA (UK):** ˈpɒpjʊləs

## Meanings
1. the general public; the ordinary people of a place

## Examples
- The new policy was wildly unpopular with the local populace.

## Synonyms
- public
- people
- citizenry
- masses
- inhabitants
- population
- commonalty
- multitude

## Related Forms
- popular
- population
- populous
- populist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: populace
- Root: populus

## Etymology
From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio ('rabble, common people'), a pejorative of popolo ('people'), from Latin populus ('people').

## AI Etymology
Populace is from Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio ('rabble, common people'), a pejorative of popolo ('people'), from Latin populus ('people'). Important recorded forms include populace (Middle French) and populus (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the general public; the ordinary people of a place. The wider family includes related words such as popular, population, populous, and populist.

## Topics
- People & Society

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