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单词 populacy
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populacyn.1

Forms: 1500s populacie, 1600s popullacy, 1600s–1800s populacy.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: populace n.
Etymology: Alteration of populace n.; compare -acy suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ·piŭlăsi) /ˈpɒpjʊləsɪ/.
Obsolete.
1. = populace n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun]
folkc888
peoplea1325
frapec1330
commona1350
common peoplea1382
commonsa1382
commontya1387
communityc1400
meiniec1400
commonaltya1425
commonsa1500
vulgarsa1513
many1526
meinie1532
multitude1535
the many-headed beast (also monster)1537
number1542
ignobility1546
commonitya1550
popular1554
populace1572
popularya1578
vulgarity?1577
populacya1583
rout1589
the vulgar1590
plebs1591
mobile vulgusc1599
popularity1599
ignoble1603
the million1604
plebe1612
plebeity1614
the common filea1616
the herda1616
civils1644
commonality1649
democracy1656
menu1658
mobile1676
crowd1683
vulgusa1687
mob1691
Pimlico parliament?1774
citizenry1795
polloi1803
demos1831
many-headed1836
hoi polloi1837
the masses1837
citizenhood1843
John Q.1922
wimble-wamble1937
a1583 T. Smith De Republica Anglorum (BL Harl. MS 1130) xxxiii. f. 10v Such as be..exempted out of the rascability of the populacie.
1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia i. ii. iii. 25 The third order, or degree in the Romane common-wealth was Populus, the populacy, or commons.
1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 59 Disputes between the optimacy and populacy.
1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician II. 356 In Peace, Nobility is distinguisht from Populacy.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. App. xx. 59 To obtain the favour of the populacy by feigned pretences of bloud.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1849) I. 305 The only predilection..shows itself in his contempt of mobs and the populacy.
2. figurative.
ΚΠ
1641 J. Gauden Love of Truth 11 The populacy of affections or passions are regular, and subject to the rule, and soveraignety of reason.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vi. 124 Or..let in the whole populacy of Sin upon the Soul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

populacyn.2

Forms: 1500s–1600s populacie, 1600s–1800s populacy.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin populus , -acy suffix.
Etymology: Irregularly < classical Latin populus (see people n.) + -acy suffix. In sense 2 after democracy n. With sense 1 compare slightly later populousness n. 1. With sense 3 compare earlier popularity n. 4. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ·piŭlăsi) /ˈpɒpjʊləsɪ/.
Obsolete.
1. = populousness n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun]
multitudec1350
numberc1390
pluralitya1398
manynessc1500
multitudine1547
umberment1550
infiniteness1579
numbers1591
populacy1597
plurity1600
numerosity1611
populosity1614
numerousness1631
populousness1651
multitudinousness1653
multitudinosity1840
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun] > density of
populacy1597
populousness1601
popularity1654
populosity1720
popularness1727
condensity1814
habitancy1837
areality1881
1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste sig. C4v Newgate..is commonly replenished with more store, then any other prison in England, by reason ef [sic] the populacie and great number of lewde persons, that lurke about the citie of London.
1612 S. Daniel First Pt. Hist. Eng. i. 26 The vicinage, and innumerous populacie of that nation [sc. the Saxons].
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. vi. 197 Increasing the Trade, Populacy and Wealth of this Kingdom.
1725 Ways Inhab. Delaware to become Rich 2 Means in pursuit whereof we may..become rich..'Tis not Populacy only.
2. Popular government; democracy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun]
democracya1500
popularity1546
popular state1546
populacy1632
demarchy1643
liberal democracy1787
mass democracy1932
society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by the people
democracy1539
commonwealth1542
state1565
free state1567
commonalty1604
republic1604
people-state1606
populacy1632
peopledom1657
commonality1680
rep1701
commonweal1733
pantarchy1870
1632 P. Heylyn Augustus 22 They had naturally, and almost insensibly falne from a Monarchy, to a Populacy, or Democracy.
1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. (1843) 193 Such democracy and populacy as is held in the Independent and Presbyterian party.
1783 T. Cunningham Hist. Acct. Rights Election Several Counties I. Pref. p. vii The Britains no longer lived under Monarchy, but had degenerated into a Populacy, or, as he expresses it, a Compound of Aristocracy and Democracy.
3. = popularity n. 3. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > popularity > [noun]
popularity1574
vogue1617
populacy1687
popular air1710
1687 T. Cartwright in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 189 Men, who are led by populacy, which is the Fool's Paradise, but the wise man's scorn.
1698 D. Williams Answer Rep., &c. 95 Our assuming Dictator, who brands us with Ignorance, and a zeal for Populacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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