Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

court of public opinion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: court of pub-lic opin-ion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The news media and the public at large, seen as being able to deliver a judgement on someone in the manner of a judge.

Example Sentences

"In the court of public opinion, the burden of proof clearly rests on the side of the Government to show that Microsoft has done anything illegal."
"After ending Great Britain's 79-year wait for the Davis Cup, Andy Murray revealed that he discovered a ghost town when he visited the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton a couple of months ago, and his verbal volley has pushed the Lawn Tennis Association into a vulnerable position in the court of public opinion."
"I had been acquitted in a court of law, but sentenced to life by the court of public opinion as, if not a killer, then at least a slut, or a nutcase, or a tabloid celebrity."

Inflected Forms

courts of public opinion (plural)

Synonyms

court of world opinion

Questions

What does court of public opinion mean?: The news media and the public at large, seen as being able to deliver a judgement on someone in the manner of a judge.

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