people
noun [C, + sing/pl verb] /ˈpiː.pl̩/Definition
› all the men, women, and children who live in a particular country, or who have the same culture or language: The French are known as a food-loving people.Country and nationContinents and regions of the worldCountry names › a society: Customs similar to this one are found among many peoples of the world.Society - general words
(Definition of people noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amenity noun
- civilization noun (DEVELOPED SOCIETY)
- civilized adjective (DEVELOPED)
- consumer society noun
- facility noun (BUILDING)
- freeman noun
- pluralism noun
- pluralist adjective
- pluralist noun
- secularize verb
- service noun (PUBLIC NEED)
- social engineering noun
- socially adverb (SOCIETY)
- society noun (PEOPLE)
- socio- prefix
- sociological adjective
- sociologist noun
- sociology noun
- superstructure noun
- utility noun (SERVICE)
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