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ordinary people

noun as in middle class

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Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It is about, his words, “mystical things happening to ordinary people.”

At the same time, he developed two different arguments for his ideology, one for ordinary people, the other for intellectuals.

“At the moment ordinary people are demanding this and the politicians have no chance to block it,” he says.

But it is ordinary people who are going to be hit hard by this and it is going to be a long and painful process of adjustment.

Once there were many people here; and they were not ordinary people either, I can tell you.

A continent whose inhabitants are larger and live longer than ordinary people, and have different laws and customs.

The peculiarities of monarchs, remarked the author, are more conspicuous than the virtues or vices of ordinary people.

So ordinary people resorted to the guidance of such leaders, who made themselves agreeable.

The field of history is too vast for ordinary people, who have no time for extensive reading even if they have the inclination.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ordinary people, such as: bourgeois, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, educated class, middle-income group, and middle order.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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