vox populi

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/

vox populi

1. voice of the people.
2. (politics) The public comment portion of a public meeting.
   • 2001 February 22, Eric Lipton, “Vox Populi Aside, Power to the City Council”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     “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.

• vox pop, vox (abbreviation)

• public opinion
• opinion poll