People and Society

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People noun - Human beings in general.

Usage example: despite the horrors she witnessed, Anne Frank never lost her faith in people

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Society is a synonym for people in human beings topic. In some cases you can use "Society" instead a noun "People", when it comes to topics like specific, public, citizens.

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

Society noun - A group of persons formally joined together for some common interest.

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People is a synonym for society in community topic. You can use "People" instead a noun "Society", if it concerns topics such as specific, public.

Nearby Words: social, societal

old	old people	old society
better	better people	better society
normal	normal people	normal society
perfect	perfect people	perfect society
Other adjectives: regular, future, free, actual, real, evil, white, new, modern.

Though the three agree that The Free Market Will Provide (Prosperity For All), that there should be little to no government regulation of society and people's behavior, and no public efforts to save the sick or needy, they squabble over the details.

Source: Privately Owned Society
Their connection to places is less important - you simply need somewhere for the people to live and build their society, which at least at the beggining usually is a specific state.

Source: Creator / Feliks Koneczny
Humans Are Bastards: His work holds a very cynical outlook on people and society as a whole.

Source: Creator / Frankie Boyle

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