the people
Society at large
The people refers to ordinary citizens as a collective political force, distinct from elites or government.
In democracies, sovereignty rests with the people: We the people of the United States.
Prosecutors act on behalf of the people in criminal cases.
Politicians invoke the people to claim popular mandate: The people have spoken.
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- communityCollective of connected people
- electorateEligible voting body
- workforceAll available workers
- democracyRule by the people
constituents · tribe · sovereignty · citizens · taxpayers · representation · clan · inhabitants · voters · body politic · silent majority · heritage · rank and file · folklore · activism · laborers · proletariat · society
- populismpopulism, demagogue, demagoguery, anti-elitism, anti-establishment
- peopleindividuals, humans, individual, human, somebody
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
people, person, popular, the, personal, personality, population, persons, impersonal