the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury. verb (used with object)
â¢ PUBLIC OPINION POLL (noun). The noun PUBLIC OPINION POLL has 1 sense: 1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people. Familiarity information: PUBLIC OPINION POLL used as a noun is very rare.
Public opinion polls evolved from a book called Public Opinions in 1922 by Walter Lippmann who stressed the importantce of public opinions for policy makers. The first successful straw poll was also published in 1916.