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known
Recognized, proven, etc.
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  1. Recognized, proven, etc.
  2. Identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.
  3. Proved or generally recognized:
governmental
Relating to governing.
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  1. Relating to governing.
  2. Relating to a government
government
Of or relating to government
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  1. Of or relating to government
civil
(Law) Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.
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  1. (Law) Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.
  2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
  3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
civic
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
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  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
common
Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average:
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  1. Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average:
  2. Widely existing; general; prevalent
  3. Widespread; prevalent:
communal
Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.
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  1. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.
  2. Of or belonging to the community; shared, or participated in, by all; public
  3. Designating or of social or economic organization in which there is common ownership of property
municipal
(Rare) Of the internal, as distinguished from the international, affairs of a nation
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  1. (Rare) Of the internal, as distinguished from the international, affairs of a nation
  2. Of or having to do with a city, town, etc. or its local government
  3. Issued on the authority of a local or state government.
metropolitan
Designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
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  1. Designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
state
Of, for, or characteristic of occasions of great ceremony; formal; ceremonial
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  1. Of, for, or characteristic of occasions of great ceremony; formal; ceremonial
  2. Of or controlled, maintained, etc. by the government or a state
federal
Of or supporting the Federalist Party or its principle of strong centralized government
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  1. Of or supporting the Federalist Party or its principle of strong centralized government
  2. Of or constituting a form of government in which sovereign power is divided between a central authority and a number of constituent political units.
  3. Of or relating to the central government of a federation as distinct from the governments of its member units.
country
Characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic
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  1. Characteristic of or like that of the country; rustic
  2. Of, in, or from a rural district
  3. (Now Dial.) Of one's own country; native
city
Of, in, for, or characteristic of a city
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  1. Of, in, for, or characteristic of a city
people
A group of persons with common traditional, historical, or cultural ties, as distinct from racial or political unity
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  1. A group of persons with common traditional, historical, or cultural ties, as distinct from racial or political unity
  2. Persons considered indefinitely
  3. A person's family, relatives, or ancestors:
society
(Biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species:
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  1. (Biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species:
  2. All people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals
  3. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
populace
The general public; the masses.
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  1. The general public; the masses.
  2. The inhabitants of a nation.
  3. The common people of a nation.
civic
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
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  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
civil
Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
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  1. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
  2. (Law) Of or according to Roman civil law or modern civil law
  3. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
national
Devoted to one's own nation or its interests; patriotic.
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  1. Devoted to one's own nation or its interests; patriotic.
  2. Established, maintained, or owned by the federal government
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nation:
common
Widespread; prevalent:
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  1. Widespread; prevalent:
  2. Widely existing; general; prevalent
  3. Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar:
communal
Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.
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  1. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.
  2. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.
  3. Designating or of social or economic organization in which there is common ownership of property
conjoint
Joined together; united; combined; associated
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  1. Joined together; united; combined; associated
  2. Joined together; combined:
  3. Of, consisting of, or involving two or more combined or associated entities; joint.
general
Not limited to or dealing with one class of things; diversified:
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  1. Not limited to or dealing with one class of things; diversified:
  2. Existing or occurring extensively; common; widespread
  3. Affecting or characteristic of the majority of those involved; prevalent:
joint
(Law) Regarded as one, especially with regard to tort liability or interest in property.
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  1. (Law) Regarded as one, especially with regard to tort liability or interest in property.
  2. Sharing with another or others:
  3. Common to two or more persons, governments, etc. as to ownership or action
mutual
Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal:
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  1. Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal:
  2. Designating or of a type of insurance in which the policyholders elect the directors, share in the profits, and agree to indemnify one another against loss
  3. Possessed in common:
democratic
(Rare) Of or pertaining to democracy: democratic.
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  1. (Rare) Of or pertaining to democracy: democratic.
  2. (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Democratic Party.
  3. Of or for the people in general; popular:
general
Existing or occurring extensively; common; widespread
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  1. Existing or occurring extensively; common; widespread
  2. Not limited to or dealing with one class of things; diversified:
  3. Involving only the main features rather than precise details:
popular
Appealing to or intended for the general public
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  1. Appealing to or intended for the general public
  2. Accepted by or prevalent among the people in general:
  3. Widely liked or appreciated:
open
Played without a mute:
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  1. Played without a mute:
  2. (Sports) Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot:
  3. Ending in a vowel or diphthong:
common
(Law) The right that a person has, in common with the owner or others, in the land or waters of another
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  1. (Law) The right that a person has, in common with the owner or others, in the land or waters of another
  2. A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole:
  3. Common stock.
commonality
The common people; commonalty
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  1. The common people; commonalty
  2. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes:
  3. A sharing as of common features or characteristics
commonalty
The common people as opposed to the upper classes.
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  1. The common people as opposed to the upper classes.
  2. A group of things having similar characteristics
  3. A general body or group
commoner
(Brit.) At some universities, a student who does not have a scholarship and therefore pays for food (called commons) and other expenses
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  1. (Brit.) At some universities, a student who does not have a scholarship and therefore pays for food (called commons) and other expenses
  2. A person without noble rank or title.
  3. One of the common people.
crowd
A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
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  1. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
  2. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
  3. (Informal) A group of people having something in common; set; clique
hoi polloi
(Proscribed) The elite.
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  1. (Proscribed) The elite.
  2. The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
mass
A lump or aggregate of coherent material:
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  1. A lump or aggregate of coherent material:
  2. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
  3. A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia , and is essential to Newton's laws of motion . Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity . In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used.
mob
A large and often disorderly crowd.
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  1. A large and often disorderly crowd.
  2. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of things:
  3. The mass of common people; the populace.
pleb
A commoner; a plebeian.
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  1. A commoner; a plebeian.
plebeian
A member of the lower classes.
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  1. A member of the lower classes.
  2. A vulgar or coarse person.
  3. One of the common people of ancient Rome.
populace
The inhabitants of a nation.
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  1. The inhabitants of a nation.
  2. The general public; the masses.
  3. The common people; the masses
ruck
(Sports) A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
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  1. (Sports) A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
  2. Obsolete form of roc.
  3. The multitude or mass of undistinguished, ordinary people or things; common run
third estate
(By extension) The commoners, collectively, in any society.
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  1. (By extension) The commoners, collectively, in any society.
  2. (Originally) The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789.
  3. The third of the traditional social classes; the common people.
community
The condition of living with others
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  1. The condition of living with others
  2. A group of people forming a smaller social unit within a larger one, and sharing common interests, work, identity, location, etc.
  3. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
people
A group of persons with common traditional, historical, or cultural ties, as distinct from racial or political unity
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  1. A group of persons with common traditional, historical, or cultural ties, as distinct from racial or political unity
  2. Persons considered indefinitely
  3. A person's family, relatives, or ancestors:
society
(Biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species:
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  1. (Biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species:
  2. All people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals
  3. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
audience
All those persons who are tuned in to a particular radio or TV program
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  1. All those persons who are tuned in to a particular radio or TV program
  2. The readership for printed matter, as for a book.
  3. All those persons who read what one writes or hear what one says; one's public
following
A group or gathering of admirers, adherents, or disciples:
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  1. A group or gathering of admirers, adherents, or disciples:
  2. Something to be mentioned immediately later. Used with the definite article the.
  3. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
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