populace
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populace
- /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ UK
- /ˈpɑpjələs/ US
- /ˈpɔp(j)ʊles/ South Asia
Sounds like populous (most accents)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio, from popolo + -accio (“pejorative suffix”), from Latin populus.
noun populaces
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The common people of a nation.
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
Similar: common people, hoi polloi, masses, people, rabble, riff-raff, demos, inhabitants, population
- The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county). Thomas Brassey (1805-70) should be equally famous, yet he is unknown to swathes of the greater populace. His plaque is at Chester.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: world, public, people, population, jamahiriya, demos, inhabitants, citizenry, masses, multitude, residents, commoners, folk, society, community, electorate
Translations
Every language
noun common people
| Español | populacho, pueblo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 민중 minjung, 대중 daejung, 서민 seomin |
| 日本語 | 民衆 minshū, 大衆 taishū, 庶民 shomin |
| 中文 | 民眾 /民众 mínzhòng, 齊民 /齐民 qímín, 庶民 shùmín |
| हिन्दी | जनता jantā, अवाम avām, जमहूर jamhūr |
| Português | povão, povo |
| Français | bas peuple, plèbe, populace |
| Deutsch | gemeine Volk, breite Masse, Pöbel |
| Italiano | pubblico, popolo |
| Русский | просто́й наро́д prostój naród, ма́ссы mássy, простонаро́дье prostonaródʹje, толпа́ tolpá, чернь černʹ, сброд sbrod |
| العربية | جُمْهُور jumhūr, جَمَاهِير jamāhīr, عَوَامّ ʕawāmm |
Talk about this word "populace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/populace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. populace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/populace "populace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/populace.Cite this
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title = {populace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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