vox populi

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vox populi

  • /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/ US

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Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).

noun

  1. rhetoric Voice of the people.
  2. The public comment portion of a public meeting. “To the extent that the Council passed a local law amending the Charter and the Council represents the people, it may be considered that the vox populi, which secured the initiated legislation, changed its own voice,” Justice Arthur E. Blyn of State Supreme Court wrote in the lower-court decision in

Similar: vox pop, vox

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noun

Similar: vox pop, vox

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noun voice of the people

Españolvox populi
中文民聲 /民声 mínshēng
Françaisvox populi, voix du peuple, opinion publique
Deutschöffentliche Meinung, Stimmen aus dem Volk, Publikumsmeinungen
Русскийго́лос наро́да gólos naróda, глас наро́да glas naróda, обще́ственное мне́ние obščéstvennoje mnénije

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@misc{vox_populi_2026,
  title = {vox populi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vox%20populi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}