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Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
Benjamin Carson

Meaning of "populace" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POPULACE

Via French from Italian popolaccio the common herd, from popolo people, from Latin populus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POPULACE

populace  [ˈpɒpjʊləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POPULACE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Populace is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POPULACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of populace in the English dictionary

The definition of populace in the dictionary is the inhabitants of an area. Other definition of populace is the common people; masses.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POPULACE


calculus
ˈkælkjʊləs
crapulous
ˈkræpjʊləs
cumulus
ˈkjuːmjʊləs
fabulous
ˈfæbjʊləs
homunculus
hɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs
meticulous
mɪˈtɪkjʊləs
miraculous
mɪˈrækjʊləs
modulus
ˈmɒdjʊləs
obstropulous
əbˈstrɒpjʊləs
oculus
ˈɒkjʊləs
opulus
ˈɒpjʊləs
overscrupulous
ˌəʊvəˈskruːpjʊləs
papulous
ˈpæpjʊləs
populous
ˈpɒpjʊləs
ridiculous
rɪˈdɪkjʊləs
Romulus
ˈrɒmjʊləs
scrupulous
ˈskruːpjʊləs
stimulus
ˈstɪmjʊləs
unpopulous
ʌnˈpɒpjʊləs
unscrupulous
ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POPULACE

popsy
popular
popular culture
popular etymology
popular front
popular music
popular press
popular sovereignty
popular vote
populariser
popularist
popularity
popularization
popularize
popularizer
popularly
populars
populate
populated
population

WORDS THAT END LIKE POPULACE

all over the place
another place
between a rock and a hard place
birthplace
Crystal Palace
enlace
fireplace
glace
lace
marketplace
mise en place
necklace
no place
palace
place
pride of place
replace
take place
Wallace
workplace

Synonyms and antonyms of populace in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POPULACE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «populace» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of populace

Translation of «populace» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POPULACE

Find out the translation of populace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of populace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «populace» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平民
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pueblo
570 millions of speakers

English

populace
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आबादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السكان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

население
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

povo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জনসাধারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

population
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penduduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bevölkerung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

国民
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

국민
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Populace
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மக்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोकसंख्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

popolazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ludność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

населення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

populație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bevolking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

befolkningen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

befolkningen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of populace

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POPULACE»

The term «populace» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.797 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POPULACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about populace

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10 QUOTES WITH «POPULACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word populace.
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F. Murray Abraham
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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Benjamin Carson
Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
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Dick Cavett
Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
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William Greider
As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.
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Adam Johnson
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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Gerald F. Lieberman
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
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Livy
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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H. L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POPULACE»

Discover the use of populace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to populace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Populace: (prose Poems, Stories and Poems)
The stories are funny and engaging -- scenes from the barrios, psychiatric wards, dorms, small towns, cities, and grandma's houses we all know, love, and sometimes fear.
Elizabeth Treadwell, 1999
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Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Louis Prieur, Revolutionary ...
A comparative study of the French Revolution's most famous artist and a little-known illustrator.
Warren Roberts, 2000
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Readings in Classical Political Thought
For in every city one finds these two opposed classes. They are at odds because the populace do not want to be ordered about or oppressed by the elite; and the elite want to order about and oppress the populace. The conflict between these ...
Peter J. Steinberger, 2000
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Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche
the populace or the favor of the elite. For in every city one finds these two opposed classes. They are at odds because the populace do not want to be ordered about or oppressed by the elite; and the elite want to order about and oppress the ...
David Wootton, 1996
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Selected Political Writings
the populace that it is a good idea to promote to an office a man who has a bad reputation and lives a decadent life. But rulers are easily persuaded to do this for all sorts of reasons. One sees a populace begin to be committed to opposing ...
Niccolò Machiavelli, David Wootton, 1994
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The Prince (Wootton Edition):
He who comes to power with the support of the populace, on the other hand, has it all to himself: There is no one, or hardly anyone, around him who is not prepared to obey. In addition, one cannot honorably give the elite what they want, and ...
Niccolò Machiavelli, David Wootton, 1995
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Foundations of Natural Right
Furthermore, it has been proved that only the populace can sit in judgment of those who administer the executive power. But there is a difficulty here: where, and what, is "the populace"? Is it anything more than a mere concept, and if it is ...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Frederick Neuhouser, Michael Baur, 2000
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Rulers and Ruled: An Introduction to Classical Political ...
a greater force than it is in the case of those who have the populace for an enemy and the nobility for a friend' (Discourses, I, 40). The Multitude Like Aristotle, Machiavelli proposes that the multitude can be wiser than a prince - not the ' masses' ...
Irving M. Zeitlin, 1997
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Aristotle's Politics Today
For if one club somewhere has more influence among the populace (which hap- pens often enough because the clubs have control over the division of the populace into their voting tribes), its candidate must always win and come to hold office ...
Lenn E. Goodman, 2012
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A Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle
For the offices will be in the hands of the best (the best, at least, that there are in the city) and the populace will consent and not envy the decent or the best. These best, or the decent and notables, will also have enough, both because they will ...
Peter Simpson, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POPULACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term populace is used in the context of the following news items.
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Milwaukee lion continues to terrorize populace (Video)
There's a lion on the loose in the streets of Milwaukee and authorities seem utterly clueless about how to catch it. Cops thought they had the ... «Lightly Buzzed, Jul 15»
2
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking Call for Ban on Autonomous …
... control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, etc. Autonomous weapons are ideal for tasks such as assassinations, ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
3
Boston out as US candidate for 2024 Olympics
However, the idea of hosting the Olympics in Boston proved to be rather unpopular locally, where the populace valued fixing the city's existing ... «Ledger Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Wellington's Queen Victoria statue falls flat at unveiling - 150 years …
Besides, it was "so inartistic as to be a by-word with the populace", according to a newspaper report. Victoria's statue was a "bronze of heroic ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
5
WE SAY: Pierre's passing testament to Coast strength
GOVERNMENTS bestow honours for a variety of reasons, often perplexing to some of the populace, while others applaud. But the real honour ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
6
Stephen Hawking, Musk and Wozniak Call For Autonomous …
... black market and in the hands of terrorists, dictators wishing to better control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
7
Fabrics Stained with Colonial Blues
De la Paz lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, for a time when he was a child, a place with a history of colonial exploitation of the populace in order to ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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This Weekend, Seafair Should Blanket the Sky with Drones
... black market and in the hands of terrorists, dictators wishing to better control their populace, warlords wishing to perpetrate ethnic cleansing, ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
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Are Trades Bullshit? A VICE Sports Debate
... or force that populace to annually engage in a legal trial by combat against their employers to prove that they deserve a fair wage; or, on the ... «VICE, Jul 15»
10
Bernie Won't Be President, but He's Still Bad News for the GOP
Jeb Bush, for example, has enough name recognition for 76 percent of the populace to have an opinion about him (33 percent favorable and ... «The Fiscal Times, Jul 15»

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