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PeoplePeople People Plurality of persons considered as a whole This article is about the collective usage "the people". For the collective usage "a people", see Ethnic group. For a general population, see Common people. For humans as a species, see Human. For other uses, see People (disambiguation). The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity.[1] As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or… (Source: Wikipedia)
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