#people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
supertype: group__grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
member: person
equal: people (pm)
member of: human_race
subtype: age_group__agegroup__age_bracket__cohort a group people having approximately the same age
subtype: aged.people people who are old; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
subtype: young.people__youth young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
subtype: baffled.people people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"
subtype: blind.people people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
subtype: blood.people people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization"
subtype: brave.people people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
subtype: timid.people__cautious people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
subtype: business_people people who transact business (especially business executives)
subtype: damned.people people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"
subtype: dead.people people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
subtype: slain.people people who have been slain (as in battle)
subtype: living.people people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
subtype: deaf.people people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
subtype: defeated.people__discomfited people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
subtype: disabled.people people who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
subtype: doomed.people__lost people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
subtype: enemy.people any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy"
subtype: common_people__folk people in general; "they're just country folk"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
subtype: grass_roots.people__grassroot the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
subtype: home_folks folks from your own home town
subtype: riffraff__rabble__ragtag__ragtag_and_bobtail disparaging terms for the common people
subtype: trash worthless people
subtype: free_people__free people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
subtype: homebound.people people who are confined to their homes
subtype: homeless.people people who are homeless; "the homeless lived on the city streets"
subtype: enlightened.people__initiate people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
subtype: uninitiate.people people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate"
subtype: mentally_retarded.people__mentallyretarded people who are mentally retarded; "he started a school for the mentally retarded"
subtype: retreated.people people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
subtype: sick.people people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"
subtype: wounded.people__maimed people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell"
subtype: socio-economic_class__class__clas__socialclas people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
subtype: world.socio-economic_class__domain people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
subtype: academia__academe the academic world
subtype: Grub_Street the world of literary hacks
subtype: age_class__ageclas people in the same age range
subtype: agriculture the class of people engaged in growing food
subtype: fraternity__brotherhood people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
subtype: estate_of_the_realm__estate a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
subtype: fourth_estate__press__pres newspaper writers and photographers
subtype: gutter_press (British) press that engages in sensaional journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures)
subtype: press_corps a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics; "the White House press corps"
subtype: labor__labour__working_class__workingclas__proletariat a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
subtype: labor_force__laborforce__labor_pool__laborpool the source of trained people from which workers can be hired
subtype: lower_class__lowerclas the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
subtype: middle_class__bourgeoisie the social class between the lower and upper classes
subtype: petite_bourgeoisie__petit_bourgeois__petitbourgeoi__petty_bourgeoisie__pettybourgeoisie lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
subtype: booboisie class consisting of all those who are considered boobs
subtype: commonalty__commonality__common class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank
subtype: third_estate__thirdestate the third estate of the realm; the commons (especially in Britain or France) viewed as forming a political order having representation in a parliament
subtype: peasantry the class of peasants
subtype: demimonde a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
subtype: underworld the criminal class
subtype: yeomanry.socio-economic_class class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
subtype: caste.socio-economic_class a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
subtype: caste (Hindu) a hereditary social class stratified according to ritual purity
instance: Brahmin__Brahman Kshatriya Vaisya Shudra__Sudra
subtype: upper_class__upperclas__upper_crust__uppercrust the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
subtype: elite a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
subtype: elect__chosen an exclusive group of people: "one of the elect who have power inside the government"
subtype: cream.elite the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
subtype: intelligentsia__clerisy an educated and intellectual elite
subtype: literati the literary intelligentsia
subtype: high_society__society__beau_monde__smart_set__bon_ton the fashionable elite
subtype: few.elite a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
subtype: aristocracy a privileged class holding hereditary titles
subtype: noblesse members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
subtype: peerage__baronage the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
subtype: second_estate__lords_temporal__lordstemporal the second estate of the realm: the nobility (especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron
subtype: knighthood aristocrats holding the rank of knight
subtype: samurai feudal Japanese military aristocracy
subtype: Ferdinand_and_Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I
subtype: William_and_Mary joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II
subtype: gentry__aristocracy the most powerful members of a society
subtype: landed_gentry__squirearchy the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
subtype: ruling_class the class of people exerting power or authority
subtype: firing_line the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"
subtype: immigrant_class__immigrantclas recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds
subtype: center.socio-economic_class politically moderate persons; centrists
subtype: old_school__oldschool a class of people favoring traditional ideas
subtype: market the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
subtype: black_market.market__blackmarket people who engage in illicit trade
subtype: craft.socio-economic_class__trade people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"
subtype: womanhood women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"
subtype: blood_group__bloodgroup__blood_type__bloodtype people whose blood (usually just the red blood cells) has the same antigens
subtype: group_A__A__type_A the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
subtype: group_B__B__type_B the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
subtype: group_AB__AB__type_AB the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
subtype: group_O__O__type_O the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors"
subtype: Rh-positive_blood_type__Rh_positive the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
subtype: Rh-negative_blood_type__Rh_negative the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
subtype: nation_people__nation__land__country__a_people__apeople the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
subtype: British_people__British__the_British__Brits the people of Great Britain
subtype: English_people__English__the_English the people of England
subtype: Irish_people__Irish__the_Irish people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
subtype: French_people__French__the_French the people of France
subtype: Spanish_people__Spanish the people of Spain
subtype: Swiss_people__Swiss__the_Swiss the people of Switzerland
subtype: populace__public__world people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
subtype: admass the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
subtype: population the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
subtype: community.people a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; "the Christian community of the apostolic age"; "he was well known throughout the Catholic community"
subtype: convent.community a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
subtype: house.community the members of a religious community living together
subtype: coevals__coeval__contemporaries__generation all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
subtype: youth_culture__youthculture young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
subtype: youth_subculture__youthsubculture a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
subtype: flower_people__hippies__hipsters a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
subtype: teddy_boys a British youth subculture that first appeared in the mid-1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom
subtype: punks__punk a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)
subtype: rockers__bikers originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
subtype: skinheads__skinhead__bootboys a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore working shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
subtype: mods a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters
instance: Rastafari__Rastas beat_generation__beats__beat__beatniks
subtype: peer_group contemporaries of the same status
subtype: clientele__patronage__business customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
subtype: rank_and_file people who constitute the main body of any group
subtype: smart_money.people__smartmoney people who are highly experienced or who have inside information; "the smart money said Truman would lose the election"
subtype: unconfessed_people__unconfessedpeople people who have not confessed; "the unconfessed cannot be forgiven"
subtype: womankind women as distinguished from men
subtype: chosen_people any people believing themselves to be chosen by God
instance: Hebrews__Israelites
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