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vox nihili: voice of nothing: The phrase denotes a useless or ambiguous statement. vox populi: voice of the people: The phrase denotes a brief interview of a common person that is not previously arranged, e. g., an interview on a street. It is sometimes truncated to "vox pop." vox populi, vox Dei: the voice of the people [is] the voice of God
Vox populi ( / ˌvɒks ˈpɒpjuːli, - laɪ / VOKS POP-yoo-lee, -lye) [ 1] is a Latin phrase (originally Vox populi, vox Dei -The voice of the people is the voice of the God) that literally means "voice of the people". It is used in English in the meaning "the opinion of the majority of the people". [ 1][ 2] In journalism, vox pop or man on ...
Hoi polloi ( / ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ /; from Ancient Greek οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí) 'the many') is an expression from Greek that means "the many " or, in the strictest sense, "the people". In English, it has been given a negative connotation to signify the common people. [ 1] Synonyms for hoi polloi include "the plebs" ( plebeians ), "the ...
Vox Populi, Vox Dei. Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a Whig tract of 1709, titled after a Latin phrase meaning "the voice of the people is the voice of God". It was expanded in 1710 and later reprintings as The Judgment of whole Kingdoms and Nations: Concerning the Rights, Power, and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Privileges, and Properties of ...
Musk said Friday on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that he owns, that he would send a cake to Delaware with the Latin phrase "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" as a "parting gift."
Vox Clamantis ("the voice of one crying out") is a Latin poem of 10,265 lines in elegiac couplets by John Gower (1330 – October 1408) . The first of the seven books is a dream vision giving a vivid account of the Peasants' Rebellion of 1381. Macaulay described the remaining books: "The general plan of the author is to describe the condition ...
Tensei Jingo (天声人語, literally, the voice of heaven is the voice of people) is the title of a column which appears on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper. It is a translation of the Latin phrase as Vox Populi, Vox Dei ("The voice of the people is the voice of the gods"). The column is limited to 607 Japanese characters.
Mediatrix of all graces is a title that some in the Catholic Church give to the Blessed Virgin Mary; as the Mother of God, it includes the understanding that she mediates the Divine Grace. In addition to Mediatrix, other titles are given to her in the Church: Advocate, Helper, Benefactress. [ 1] In a papal encyclical of 8 September 1894, Pope ...