俗ぞく輩はい

noun

worldlings; the crowd; common people

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned term for ordinary, unenlightened people, often used in a dismissive or condescending tone. Not common in everyday speech.

• 彼かれは俗ぞく輩はいとは違ちがう高こう尚しょうな趣しゅ味みを持もっている。

  He has refined tastes, unlike the common crowd.

• その哲てつ学がく者しゃは俗ぞく輩はいの意い見けんに耳みみを貸かさなかった。

  The philosopher paid no heed to the opinions of the vulgar.