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What does laypeople mean?
What does laypeople mean?
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@dinosaur_i_Trondheim nonprofessional people. Originally people who were not members of the clergy but it is used elsewhere now.
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laypeople =
1) (in the context of religion) members of a religion, not the leaders
2) (in other contexts) people that are not experts; people who do not work in a certain job
In the 1960s, everyone in the computing industry doubted that laypeople (= people outside the industry, people who weren't experts at using computers) would ever want to own computers.
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@dinosaur_i_Trondheim no, unless you are calling a professional a layperson intentionally
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