"Other people" is anyone who is not me/us and might include:
- A person (a human being) or people like me I (we) do not necessarily know, the "other" ("autrui" in French) who may or may not have an influence on me;
- Humanity;
- People different from myself (superior, inferior, close, distant, of a different sex, gender or sexual orientation, of a different character, with different values and practices, physically different, with different moral values, etc.);
- A partner (husband, etc.);
- The members of my family (my mother, father, children, in-laws, brothers, sisters, etc.);
- Other generations (ancestors, dead or alive);
- Friends;
- My peer group members;
- Neighbours;
- The members of my tribe or of another tribe;
- The members of my ethnic group or of another ethnic group;
- The members of a political party, trade union, religious, sport, or other group (to which I might belong);
- Rivals;
- My work colleagues;
- Competitors, clients;
- People in my village, neighbourhood or region;
- People in neighbouring villages, towns, cities, regions, countries;
- "Society";
- Foreigners;
- Immigrants;
- Strangers;
- Tourists;
- The "enemy";
- Those I dominate (rule, direct, exploit, denigrate, etc.);
- Those who dominate me;
- Those who are more/less knowledgeable than I am;
- Those I love or those I hate (or ignore);
- Terrorists;
- Mentally or physically ill people;
- Those who threaten me or keep watch on me;
- People carrying (contagious) diseases;
- Institutions (the State, bureaucracy, political organizations, the judicial system, the media, etc.);
- The police, the secret service, the army;
- Figures of authority (teachers, politicians, religious leaders, etc.);
- People with power, dictators (members of dictatorial, corrupt or totalitarian regimes), etc.;
- Big Brother, secret societies, sects, conspirators (cf. conspiracy theories);
- Zombies, monsters, vampires, ghosts, aliens, etc.;
- Myself in the mirror;
- My alter ego;
- An actor's character.
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