court of world opinion
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Addressing this problem should be considered an Israeli national defense priority, as Israel needs American Jewish support to defend itself in the court of world opinion, in Congress, fighting boycotts worldwide and to resist journalistic and organizational attacks that aim to delegitimize its very existence."
- "In seeking to disentangle responsibility for Saturday's attack on the Saudi oil installations, which was claimed by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels but blamed by Riyadh and Washington on Iran itself, the court of world opinion has to bear in mind many of those coming forward to give evidence could, in David Cameron's phrase, be reasonably described as occasionally "leaving the truth at home"."
- "Davos, the Alpine resort where the world's business and political elite meet annually, served as a stark reminder of just how far Russia had fallen in the court of world opinion."