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HOI POLLOI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoi polloi mean?
• HOI POLLOI (noun)
The noun HOI POLLOI has 1 sense:
1. the common people generally
Familiarity information: HOI POLLOI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common people generally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed
Context example:
power to the people
Hypernyms ("hoi polloi" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoi polloi"):
laity; temporalty (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)
audience (the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment)
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