せいろん
Meanings
Noun
1. public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
Kanji used
world
argument
Pitch accent
いろん
いろん
Composed of
counter for generations; epoch
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
Examples (13 in total)
Public opinion began to change.
The newspaper reflects public opinion.
The general opinion is against the war.
Public opinion is opposed to the policy.
Statesmen should take public opinion into account.
Public opinion was strongly in favor of the project.
Such an act will be judged at the bar of public opinion.
The trend of public opinion is against corporal punishment.
The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.
You must appeal to public opinion to win the election.
We must appeal to public opinion about the matter.
They did not oppose the project just because they feared public opinion.
They didn't oppose the project just because they feared public opinion.