populace
IPA: pˈɑpjʌɫʌs
noun
- The common people of a nation.
- The inhabitants of a nation.
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Examples of "populace" in Sentences
- Populace is contented with the government.
- This requires the cooperation of the populace.
- The populace probably resettled in the valley.
- The majority of the populace is from South India.
- It escapes and kills half of the populace of the village.
- Not all of the Lithuanian populace supported the killings.
- It also appealed to the nationalist sentiment of the populace.
- In the countryside, a massive proportion of the populace are illiterate.
- Soft despotism breeds fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the general populace.
- Essentially, our populace is stupid, ill-informed, and intellectually lazy.
- The generals began to mobilize the populace into paramilitary organizations.
- The networks are the reason the populace is misinformed, and it is totally planned.
- Some of the populace is beyond a doubt idiotic, but the networks are BANKING that most of them are.
- Generalization of a certain populace is an ignorant approach to protecting your idea of how to live.
- An uneducated populace is easy to frighten and manipulate, which is clearly the way some people want it.
- The worst illusion pundits foist on the populace is the idea that if we just elect the right guy (or gal) to be president, everything will be fine.
- Given that our last 4 quarters of growth are comparable to the best numbers in the Clinton presidency, the degree of economic pessimism in the populace is amazing.
- On the other hand, the populace is atomized (deprived of meaningful ties to others); the only major non corporate-government institutions are the cooptable churches.
- I can't quite describe the level of annoyance that the bald business guru brings to a room of gentle drinkers, trying to enjoy themselves while the rest of the populace is at work, but a sudden wail from a man in the far corner, similar to that of a small dog yanked forcefully by the tail, alerts everyone that something is terribly wrong.