"general population" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: general populations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} general population (plural general populations)
  1. The general public. Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms: the masses
    Sense id: en-general_population-en-noun-N7NsvoMe Disambiguation of Collectives: 63 37
  2. The main body of inmates in a prison, excluding those being detained in solitary confinement, protective custody, a medical wing or on death row. Categories (topical): Prison Synonyms: genpop, mainline Translations (main body of inmates in a prison): tavalliset vangit (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-general_population-en-noun-KLxSScP7 Disambiguation of Prison: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'main body of inmates in a prison': 2 98

Inflected forms

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