public opposition

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandopposition

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofpublicandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic opposition

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The extant literature ignores the significantpublicoppositionto an institutionalised military.
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It is important to notepublicoppositionto the revision significantly declined, showing almost a mirror image to the support from the media.
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In reality, the demilitarisation stance was actually quite centrist and reasonable, given thepublicoppositionto the military.
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And thirdly, given the vehemence ofpublicoppositionto flag burning, we expected that these data would provide our best opportunity to test for the existence of generic intolerance.
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Brodhead also slighted the importance of the rhetorical strategy that the sparrow's enemies adopted to inflamepublicoppositionto the bird.
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The era also saw the first attempt to reform the state sector, which, however, got stalled along the way as a result of fiercepublicopposition.
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But a law which cannot be of universal application is inequitable and undemocratic in conception and must raisepublicopposition.
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The overriding reason for all that was the fear ofpublicopposition.
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There was no realpublicoppositionto any of these changes.
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There is massivepublicoppositionto this madcap scheme, which will fragment the national service.
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The problem is not justpublicopposition, because liberal democracies now understand the costs of commissioning, decommissioning and dealing with waste.
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History will note thatpublicoppositionto this irresponsible policy was mobilised and expressed strongly throughout the world.
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I am therefore satisfied that there is overwhelmingpublicoppositionto this scheme.
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Such difficulties as they will face will entail, not warding offpublicopposition, but solving disagreements as between one department of state and another.
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There has been substantialpublicoppositionto many proposed waste incineration facilities.
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It is a most foolish doctrine because it is calculated to hardenpublicoppositionto the sort of enlightened steps which we should be taking.
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