unwashed masses

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unwashed masses

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derogatory, plural, plural only The collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
Similar: canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, commonage, demos, everyone, general public, great unhosed, great unwashed, herd, hoi polloi

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@misc{unwashed_masses_2026,
  title = {unwashed masses},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unwashed%20masses},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}