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Populus & Demos
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| populate | to inhabit to people to furnish with inhabitants; as populate a desert area |
| depopulate | to depopulate; To cut down the population |
| repopulate | to repopulate; Fill up again with people |
| population | the number of people or inhabitants in an area usually a country. |
| overpopulation | to fill with more inhabitants than available resources can sustain |
| populationist | a person who holds a theory about population; a demographer |
| populous | full of inhabitants |
| populace | the common people |
| popular | pertaining to the common people; beloved by the people; pleasing to the people |
| unpopular | not popular; not liked by the public |
| popularity | the favor of the people; the quality of being liked by many people |
| demagogue | A leader or orator who appeals to popular desires or prejudices to further personal interests a rabble-rouser |
| democracy | government by the people; the system of government in which the sovereign power is vested in the people as a whole exercising power directly or by elected officials; a state so governed |
| demography | that branch of knowledge that deals with human populations; the statistical analysis of births, deaths, migrations disease, etc. |
| demomania | a desire to be with people or in crowded places; a consuming madness about people |
| demophile | lover of people; a friend of the people |
| demophobe | One who has an aversion to people. |
| epidemic | A contagious disease that affects many people; spreading among the people; common to or affecting a whole people; A temporarily widespread disease; normally absent or infrequent in a population but liable to outbreaks |
| epidemeology | the branch of medicine that deals with the incidents and transmission of disease in populations especially with the aim of controlling it. |
| pandemic | incident to a whole people or region; Usually of a disease prevalent throughout a country a continent or the world |
| endemic | particular to a people or locality; Often found among particular people in a particular area (a condition or disease); Habitually present in a certain area as a result of permanent local factors; outcome and occurrence |
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