populace
pronunciation
How to pronounce populace in British English:
UK [ˈpɒpjələs]
How to pronounce populace in American English:
US [ˈpɑpjələs]
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- Noun:
- people in general considered as a whole
Word Origin
- populace (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French populace (16c.), from Italian popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from Latin populus "people;" see people (n.)) + pejorative suffix -accio.
Example
- 1. There are no monuments or markers recalling the events that decimated changchun 's populace .
- 2. This reveals a growing gap between the elderly princes and an increasingly cosmopolitan populace .
- 3. The church was hit harder than the general populace losing more than half its members .
- 4. The state could not curtail such activities without inflaming the entire populace although it periodically tried .
- 5. In many countries , however , a huge portion of the populace has experienced only one leader .