Meanings
- governmentThe public comment portion of a public meeting.
1 more example
“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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvox populi“voice of the people”
- Englishvox populi
Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 民聲 /民声
- 民聲 /民声 (mínshēng)voice of the people
Estonian rahva hääl
- rahva häälvoice of the people
Finnish kansan ääni
- kansan äänivoice of the people
French vox populi, voix du peuple
- vox populivoice of the people
- voix du peuplevoice of the people
- opinion publiquevoice of the people
German öffentliche Meinung, Stimmen aus dem Volk
- öffentliche Meinungvoice of the people
- Stimmen aus dem Volkvoice of the people
- Publikumsmeinungenvoice of the people
Latin vōx populī
- vōx populīvoice of the people
Polish vox populi
- vox populivoice of the people
Russian го́лос наро́да, глас наро́да
- го́лос наро́да (gólos naróda)voice of the people
- глас наро́да (glas naróda)voice of the people
- обще́ственное мне́ние (obščéstvennoje mnénije)voice of the people
Spanish vox populi
- vox populivoice of the people
Cite this entry
vox populi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vox%20populi
“vox populi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vox%20populi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vox populi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vox%20populi.
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