Is there such a word as "publics"?

The word populace, public, population and people all describe...well, people. How do you differentiate the pluralization of each of them?

Is there such a word as "publics"?Getty

Liked this question? Tell your friends about it

Answers

Yes. There is the public of one city or another..one state or another...one country or another....one organization or another.  Put them together, you have different "publics".  Publics means individual groups.

Related Questions

Other people asked questions on similar topics, check out the answers they received:

Asked: Fiends, Roamers, Countrymen, lend me your jeers!

Fiends, roamers, country men, lend me your jeers! For I have come to raze the King's English, and then bury it. We have been bickering over politics, religion, politics, sex, politics, violence ...

Asked: What does the word

what does the word "nishpur " mean? What language is it?

Asked: Why Is The Word Colored So Offensive?

I was talking with a large group of people on an internet forum and I mentioned I had just watched a spectacular performance "by a colored man". I went on and on about how this man's performance ...

More Questions

What words have 3 of the letter e

The shortest word with 3 e's is probably epee, but there are quite a few like emcee, tepee, feeler and revere. There are more than 2000 words with three e's. But there are no words found with three consecutive e's. If you want 5 e's try beekeeper.

Are Public School Systems throughout America intentionally putting

We are all aware that leftists are psychotics, whose lack of morals is the cause they were permanently rejected from all respectable company. It is sad to see a raving lunatic with the sort of sick obsession as the only leftrist in America. She goes by dfrogong, Physicalist, and 200 more names ...

What are the words that score high in Scrabble?

QUAFF (20) is another good one, and QUACK (20).

What are the TOP 5 Reasons why Public Schools are Failing? fatuous1

The top reason for students who are not learning is parents who do not make children do homework. In some cultures, excellence is school is "acting white" and is discouraged by peer pressure. In the same school, white students score 880, Asians score 900, Hispanics score 720 and blacks 740 ...