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public opinion

NOUN

common belief

Synonyms

WEAK

climate of opinion community sentiment consensus gentium conventional wisdom general belief group pressure popular belief prevailing belief prevailing sentiment public belief social pressure special-interest pressure vox pop vox populi

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public opinion

Winter said: "That tells you the extent to which public opinion has ... corrupted."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Prediction markets, Mansour said, gave a “better forecast” than public polls and would be more trustworthy than media members at shaping public opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The General Social Survey, a survey of public opinion, finds that after about 1994, Americans’ preference for harsher courts softened.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Irish public opinion has been strongly pro-Palestinian for decades, partly from a sense of historical identification and deeply ingrained anti-colonial or anti-imperialist attitudes.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He started in equity analysis, working for the people who shaped public opinion about public companies.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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