vox populi en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/ (US)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).
Meanings
- (rhetoric) Voice of the people.
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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 1987.
2001 February 22, Eric Lipton, “Vox Populi Aside, Power to the City Council”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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pl vox populi (voice of the people) · et rahva hääl (voice of the people) · ru го́лос наро́да (voice of the people) · fr voix du peuple (voice of the people) · fi kansan ääni (voice of the people) · fr vox populi (voice of the people) · cmn 民聲 /民声 (voice of the people) · ru глас наро́да (voice of the people) · de öffentliche Meinung (voice of the people) · hy ձայն բազմաց (voice of the people) · la vōx populī (voice of the people) · fr opinion publique (voice of the people) · de Publikumsmeinungen (voice of the people) · ru обще́ственное мне́ние (voice of the people) · de Stimmen aus dem Volk (voice of the people)