vulgar

• Politics in a democracy are always "vulgar" - since democracy is rule by the "vulgus," the common people, the crowd. —  CJR
• Even the vulgar are aware of this, and, misinterpreting it as half-knowledge always does, suppose it a sign of stronger animal passions. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
• [161] Nor indeed would it be philosophical to expect that the vulgar should be able to penetrate an inveterate superstition that recently had been universally credited by the learned world 161] Dr. Balthazar Becker, theological professor at Amsterdam, published his heretical work in Dutch, under the title of 'The World Bewitched, or a Critical Investigation of the commonly-received Opinion respecting Spirits, their Nature, Power, and Acts, and all those extraordinary Feats which Men are said to perform through their Aid;' 1691. —  The Superstitions of Witchcraft
• I asked Corvick what he really considered he meant by his own supersubtlety, and, unmistakably kindled, he replied: "It isn't for the vulgar--it isn't for the vulgar!" —  Embarrassments
• Is libel--vulgar, violent, and brutal libel--the means by which Harvard University, represented by one of her professors of philosophy who openly claims to address the general public in the name of his office and of her, proposes to realize the lofty ideal of her President, and make herself the "philosophical pioneer" for each new generation in the pursuit of truth? —  A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel

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