popular opinion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopularandopinion
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popular
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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opinion
noun
uk/əˈpɪn.jən/us/əˈpɪn.jən/
a thought or belief about something ...
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(Definition ofpopularandopinionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Appeal topopularopinion, however, is very unattractive.
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Will he also be pushed out of power bypopularopinion?
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Popularopinionwas generally convinced that the factory system had at least some baleful consequences.
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Popularopinionstill associates ageing with stable and even enhanced religious faith.
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Hardly ever was there a clearer case of the influence ofpopularopinionon economic questions.
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Both parties were similarly concerned about the importance of cultivatingpopularopinion.
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Anyway,popularopinionon the field appeared skewed in favour of individual membership and contrary to the view at headquarters.
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We know whatpopularopinionis.
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We have had a build-up ofpopularopinion.
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Rallyingpopularopinionstrikes me as perfectly legitimate.
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How out of touch withpopularopinioncan he be?
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Yes, it is thrifty, contrary topopularopinion.
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Others called it "an outrage upon thepopularopinion".
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That does not representpopularopinionat all.
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Does it genuinely spring from some manifestation ofpopularopinion?
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The recent indications ofpopularopinionare not too favourable.
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I doubt whetherpopularopinionwould stand it.
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Contrary topopularopinion, this is no nanny state.
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No good at all is done by inflamingpopularopinion.
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A striking theme that governs both chapters is contained in this quotation : 'contrary topopularopinion, religious faith neither is nor entails religious belief' (106).
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Aspopularopinionfavored both social insurance programs and payroll contributions to fund them, elite and mass policy preferences were seemingly congruent in this period.
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If farmers weighed costs against the anticipated benefits of enclosure, so too did settler politicians, albeit reckoned in the more unstable currency ofpopularopinion.
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Rather,popularopiniontends to see foreign marabouts or self-proclaimed banganga as destructive outsiders working for the sole benefit of predatory leaders.
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Perhaps at this stage we need some rehabilitation of parties as electoral machines and political organizations whose aim is the mobilization (rather than the representation) ofpopularopinion.
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