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Vox populi

noun
1.
A belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people.  Synonyms: opinion, popular opinion, public opinion.






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... proved the correctness of this theory. In no instance has he evinced other than a retrogression, when once freed from restraint. Like a horse without harness, he runs wild, but, if harnessed, no animal is more useful. Unfortunately, this is contrary to public opinion in England, where the vox populi assumes the right of dictation upon matters and men in which it has had no experience. The English insist upon their own weights and measures as the scales for human excellence, and it has been decreed by the multitude, inexperienced in the negro ...
— The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile • Sir Samuel White Baker



Words linked to "Vox populi" :   opinion, public opinion, belief



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