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popular opinion

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Noun1.popular opinion - a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
public opinion, vox populi, opinion
belief - any cognitive content held as true


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He recognizes the lower form of right opinion, as well as the higher one of science, in the spirit of one who desires to include in his philosophy every aspect of human life; just as he recognizes the existence of popular opinion as a fact, and the Sophists as the expression of it.
Meno by Plato View in context
Such was the popular opinion of me among the young ladies and the liberal inhabitants.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context
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