noun
masses
MAS-iz/mˈæsʌz/
Large numbers of ordinary people.
The masses gather in the square in everyday clothes.
Etymology
The image of a coherent lump broadened to a large quantity or the bulk of something. The plural then came to describe ordinary people collectively.
In context
masses in a scientific communist manner, the people's mandate, which a vanguard embodies, must create the necessary political conditions for establishing revolutionary power based on the full support of the masses.
More examples
- The invention made music available to the masses.
- The speech appealed to the masses.
- She opposed policies that ignored the masses.
Forms
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