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public opinion
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Public opinion
The English term "public opinion" dates back to the seventeenth century work by
John Locke
,
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
, which contains an early consideration of the importance of
public opinion
in the ordering of
politics
. The term was derived from the
French word
l’opinion
, which was first used in 1588 by
Michel de Montaigne
.
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