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public opinion

/ˌpʌblɪk əˈpɪnjən/

public opinion noun: the opinion of the public, the popular view.

Noun

public opinion (uncountable)

  1. The opinion of the public, the popular view.
    • Her stock is high in terms of public opinion because of her aid work.
    • The Chief Medical Officer of London Transport believes that public opinion against smoking will harden to the point of a total bar on the Underground, as in other countries.1959 May, “Accommodation for Non-Smokers”, in Railway Magazine, pages 295-296

public opinion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

public opinion in Hindi

opinion of the public
जनमत janmat

public opinion in Tamil

பொது மக்கள் கருத்து

public opinion in Urdu

opinion of the public
رائے عامَّہ rāy 'āmmā

public opinion in Kannada

ಪ್ರಜಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ಲೋಕಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ಜನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ
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public opinion in Tagalog
madlaing kurukuro
public opinion in Arabic
رَأْي عَامّ raʔy ʕāmm
public opinion in Persian
اَفکارِ عُمومی afkâr-e 'omumi
public opinion in Thai
มติมหาชน má-dtì-má-hǎa-chon
public opinion in Vietnamese
ý kiến công chúng

Synonyms of public opinion

Words formed from public opinion

Questions about public opinion

What does public opinion mean?
Public opinion means the opinion of the public, the popular view.
What is public opinion in Hindi?
Public opinion in Hindi is जनमत (janmat). See Public opinion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is public opinion?
Public opinion is a noun.
How do you pronounce public opinion?
Public opinion is pronounced /ˌpʌblɪk əˈpɪnjən/.

Words near public opinion in the dictionary

  1. public offerings
  2. public office
  3. public officer
  4. public officers
  5. public offices
  6. public opinion
  7. public orator
  8. public orators
  9. public ownership
  10. public place
  11. public places

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public opinion (page history and authors); public opinion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); public opinion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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