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| - | '''People''' are a group of [[human]]s, either with unspecified traits, or specific characteristics (e.g. the people of [[Spain]] or the people of the Plains). | ||
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| - | The term ''people'' is often used in [[English language|English]] as the [[Suppletion|suppletive]] [[plural]] of ''[[person]]''. However, the word ''persons'' is sometimes used in place of ''people'', especially when it would be ambiguous with its collective sense (e.g. ''[[missing person]]s'' instead of ''missing people''). The term ''people'' can collectively refer to all [[human]]s or it can be used to identify the citizens of a [[nation]], or members of a [[tribe]], [[ethnic]], or [[religious]] group. [[People of color]] is a phrase used to describe people with [[Human skin color|skin color]] darker than that of [[white people]]. | ||
| - | ==Overview== | ||
| - | The English noun '''people''' has two distinct fields of application: | ||
| - | * as a [[Count noun|countable noun]], a [[group]] of [[human]]s, either with unspecified traits, or specific characteristics (e.g. the people of [[Spain]] or the people of the Plains). | ||
| - | * as a [[mass noun]], ''people'' is the [[Suppletion|suppletive]] [[plural]] of ''[[person]]''. However, the word ''persons'' is sometimes used in place of ''people'', especially when it would be ambiguous with its collective sense (e.g. ''[[missing person]]s'' instead of ''missing people''). It can collectively refer to all [[human]]s or it can be used to identify a certain [[ethnic]] or [[religious]] group. For example, "[[people of color]]" is a phrase used in North America to describe non-whites. | ||
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| - | ==In philosophy and theory== | ||
| - | The concept of [[person]]hood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in [[philosophy]] and [[law]] between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, [[John Locke]]'s ''[[Essay concerning Human Understanding]]'' II 27 and [[Immanuel Kant]]'s ''[[Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals]]''). Central issues of interest to people are the understanding of the [[human condition]] and the [[meaning of life]], and [[survival]]. [[Religion]], [[philosophy]], and [[science]] show or represent modes and aspects of inquiry which attempt to investigate and understand the nature, behavior, and [[purpose]] of people. [[Sociology]], [[economics]], and [[politics]] represent modes by which people investigate how to maximize a collective survival strategy. | ||
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| - | ==In politics== | ||
| - | :''[[Common people]]'' | ||
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| - | Various [[republic]]s govern, or claim to govern, in the name of ''the people''. Both the [[Roman Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire]] used the [[Latin]] term ''[[SPQR|Senatus Populusque Romanus]]'', (the Senate and People of Rome). This term was fixed to Roman legionary standards, and even after the [[Roman Emperor]]s achieved a state of total personal [[autarchy]], they continued to wield their power in the name of the Senate and People of Rome. A [[People's Republic]] is typically a [[Marxism|Marxist]] or [[Socialism|socialist]] [[one-party state]] that claims to govern on behalf of the people. [[Populism]] is another umbrella term for various political tendencies that claim to represent the people, usually with an implication that they serve the ''common people'' instead of the [[Elitism|elite]]. | ||
| - | ==In law== | + | # The fact or act of [[survive|surviving]]; continued existence or life. |
| - | In [[criminal law]], in certain jurisdictions, criminal prosecutions are brought in the name of ''the People''. Several U.S. states, including [[California]], [[Illinois]], and [[New York]], use this style. Citations outside the jurisdictions in question usually substitute the name of the state for the words "the People" in the case captions. Four states — [[Massachusetts]], [[Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Kentucky]] — refer to themselves as ''the [[Commonwealth]]'' in case captions and legal process. Other states, such as [[Indiana]], typically refer to themselves as ''the State'' in case captions and legal process. The political theory underlying this format is that criminal prosecutions are brought in the name of the [[sovereignty|sovereign]]; thus, in these [[U.S. states]], the "people" are judged to be the sovereign, even as in the [[United Kingdom]] and other dependencies of the [[British monarchy|British Crown]], criminal prosecutions are typically brought in the name of [[the Crown]]. "The people" identifies the entire body of the [[citizen]]s of a jurisdiction invested with political power or gathered for political purposes. | + | #: ''His '''survival''' in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.'' |
| - | ==See also== | + | # (''as a [[modifier]]'') Of, relating to or aiding survival. |
| - | * [[Lists of people]] | + | #: ''His '''survival''' kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.'' |
| - | * [[Nationality]] | + | |
| - | * [[Tribe]] | + | |
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- The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
- His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
- (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
- His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
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