Local
Populace
Populace noun - The body of the community as contrasted with the elite.
Local and populace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Local" instead a noun "Populace".
Nearby Word: population
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Superhero Paradox When the team moves to Platinum Flats they are greeted with outright hostility by the populace and local law enforcement, who explicitly blame the rising number of super-crimes, and the increased crime-rate in general, on the arrival of the Birds.
Source: Comic Book / Birds of Prey - Atelia is a very disunited country and the local leaders have problems convincing the populace to rebel against the Fahrong occupation.
Source: Genghis Gambit - Outside of that it's just various dictators and criminals that are local threats to their area of the world and usually just want power or to force their ideology on the populace.
Source: The World Is Always Doomed
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