Noun
The general public.
Synonym: the masses
The main body of inmates in a prison, excluding those being detained in solitary confinement, protective custody, a medical wing or on death row.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. Noam Chomsky
Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high. Jack McDevitt
My policy will be to detain and deport every illegal alien who is apprehended in this country. And we'll do it with an expedited hearing process so that millions of illegal aliens are not released into the general population with some hearing date down the road. Rick Perry
I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-suite women are some of the most successful women, and more than half of them played at a more advanced level than just the general population of women in business that had sport in their background. Beth Brooke
Either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community interests, guided by values of solidarity, sympathy and concern for others, or alternatively there will be no destiny for anyone to control. Noam Chomsky
FYI: The Summer of Gay has been extended into the Year of the Queer. Another heads up: Mad Vow Disease, once limited to wholesome, unimpeachable gay couples earnestly seeking to take on the rights and responsibilities of marriage, has jumped the pen and crossed into the general population. Kate Clinton