public confidence

Frequency: 8.520.1 per million words

Confidence held by the general population, often in institutions.

confidenceADJECTIVE + NOUN (belief in others)

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public

Examples (10)

  • Generally there is low public confidence in government institutions.
  • The recent scandal has severely shaken public confidence in the banking system.
  • Restoring public confidence is the new prime minister's top priority.
  • Transparent policies are essential for maintaining public confidence.
  • The new measures will hopefully boost public confidence in the police force.
  • How can we measure the decline in public confidence over the past decade?
  • The government's swift response to the crisis helped regain public confidence.
  • Widespread misinformation on social media continues to erode public confidence in the press.
  • A crisis of public confidence emerged after the election results were disputed.
  • The commission was established to investigate the reasons behind the collapse of public confidence in the electoral process.