mass man

mass man
noun
: an average, typical, or ordinary man : a prototype of the mass society especially when regarded as lacking individuality or social responsibility, as drawing his stereotyped ideas from the mass media, and as easily manipulated by economic, social, or cultural elites

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a hypothetical common man, esp. one held to be typical of a mass society, to be characterized by the absence of unique values or distinct personality traits, to lack a sense of personal or social responsibility, and to be readily manipulated by the techniques developed by mass media.
[1925-30]

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mass man,
man conceived not as an individual but as representing the anonymous multitudes of people in a mass society.

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