Definition of vox populi
- the voice of the people (often shortened informally to “vox pop”)
Usage examples of vox populi
The council treated the protest as vox populi, a clear sign of what ordinary residents wanted.
Newspapers used street interviews as a kind of vox populi to capture the voice of the people.
The phrase vox populi appeared in the editorial to mean that public opinion, not elite preference, should guide the decision.