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

Example Sentences

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There are no political public opinion polls in Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

But public opinion appears to be shifting in their favour.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"This decision is not going to change everything, but it helps us to sway public opinion," she insisted.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

They had just fought a civil war over slavery, but Chinese immigration comes to be portrayed in the national press and in public opinion over time as unfree immigration.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Wildly exaggerated accounts of German atrocities inflamed public opinion and bolstered support for a war that was increasingly seen as a crusade against barbaric German militarism.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman