Synonym: opinion, popular opinion, vox populi. Similar words: opinion, publication, public policy, public, publicly, in public, republic, publicity. Meaning: n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people.
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181 But the Home Secretary has a wider view, and he is answerable to Parliament and public opinion.
182 This last strategy for sampling is normally used by professional public opinion pollsters and by political scientists.
183 Public opinion has grown more hostile, however,(http://sentencedict.com/public opinion.html) as a result of a series of recent accidents and cover-ups.
184 Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls, succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.
185 And public opinion, the raw material of governing, is the engine of that evolution.
186 The success of any conservation measure is directly dependent on the degree of public opinion mustered to its support.
187 The decision helped to crystallize public opinion on the slavery issue, which ultimately led to the Civil War.
188 When it comes to polling, surveys, and public opinion research, caveat emptor is the rule, not the exception.
189 If so, public opinion in the western democracies would probably put up with quite a lot of blood and bodies.
190 His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account.
191 These are not encouraging recommendations for expanding the role of public opinion in major decision making about affairs of state.
192 Objectors say the Conservators must be brought to heel and made more responsive to public opinion.
193 Public opinion, it was argued[sentencedict.com], would react unfavourably to such an extreme measure.
194 The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
195 In the absence of a direct threat to order the public opinion which had caused Loris-Melikov such anxiety appeared powerless.
196 The Lords can publicise matters and delay action for long enough to allow public opinion to make itself felt.
197 The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
198 Yet the prevailing mood of public opinion remained distinctly hostile to the regime.
199 But he has sterling qualities, particularly courage and a total indifference to public opinion.
200 Public opinion polls show a majority of respondents support a welfare overhaul.
201 Public opinion sometimes erroneously accuses the partly empty, off-peak buses of being run inefficiently.
202 Public opinion, as measured in the polls, was deeply divided.
203 The unworldly, peace-loving doctor, oblivious of both material comfort and public opinion, is in some respects a self-portrait.
204 She has repudiated policies associated with previous Conservative leaders and has divided public opinion.
205 Firstly, the role of the news media in forming public opinion is very important.
206 There is always a risk that legislative reforms which outpace public opinion will be undermined by reaction.
207 He accused the environmentalists of trying to manipulate public opinion in their favour.
208 He is very much aware of public opinion, and he knows how to compromise in the interest of the nation.
209 Public opinion polls showed the public blamed Congress, not Clinton, for the debacle.
210 In spite of adverse public opinion, the plan to privatize the railways continued.
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