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hoi polloi
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hoi polloi
the masses, the throng, the common people, "the many" (Greek)
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Hoi polloi
Hoi polloi (, hoi polloi, "the many") is an expression from Greek that means the many or, in the strictest sense, the majority. In English, it has been corrupted by giving it a negative connotation to signify deprecation of the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory or, more often today, ironic sense. Synonyms for hoi polloi, which also express the same or similar distaste for the common people felt by those who believe themselves to be superior, include "the great unwashed", "the plebeians" or "plebs", "the rabble", "the dregs of society", "", "the herd", "the proles" (proletariat) and "peons".
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hoi polloi
Noun
1. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
(synonym) multitude, masses, mass, people
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) laity, temporalty
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hoi polloi
Synonyms and related words:
cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, demos, flunky, follower, ignobile vulgus, inferior, junior, lightweight, lower class, lower orders, many-headed multitude, masses, mobile vulgus, pawn, second fiddle, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, the citizenry, the common herd, the crowd, the general public, the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi, the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob, the multitude, the people, the populace, the population, the public, third stringer, underling, understrapper, yes-man
cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, demos, flunky, follower, ignobile vulgus, inferior, junior, lightweight, lower class, lower orders, many-headed multitude, masses, mobile vulgus, pawn, second fiddle, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, the citizenry, the common herd, the crowd, the general public, the great unnumbered, the great unwashed, the herd, the hoi polloi, the horde, the majority, the many, the masses, the mob, the multitude, the people, the populace, the population, the public, third stringer, underling, understrapper, yes-man
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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hoi polloi
hoi polloi /'pɔlɔi/
- danh từ số nhiều
- Hoi_polloi quần chúng nhân dân; dân thường
- Hoi_polloi quần chúng nhân dân; dân thường
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