popular
/ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/ adjective A2- Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- Concerning the people; public.
- Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
- Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
- Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
- Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
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“You will, I trust, excuse me, monsieur, for not calling you by your title when I first addressed you,” he said, “but you are aware that we are living under a popular form of government, and that I am myself a representative of the liberties of the people.”
He told us of similar cases, where families had suffered from some evil influence, and he left us with the impression that he shared the popular view upon the matter.
At present I no longer think of it, and yet I must tell you that we are beginning to occupy ourselves greatly with these things under our popular government.”
My motive for withholding it from the coroner’s inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
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