0 a strong expression of anger and disapproval about something, made by a group of people or by the public:
The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.
1 a strong expression of public anger and disapproval:
Plans to tear down the old courthouse led to a public outcry.
2 → open outcry
The tobacco factories were closed in 1791, partly in response to public outcry.
The government gambled that outcries from vested interests would neutralize each other and that unions would be divided and powerless.
The political context in which this commercial outcry erupted contributed greatly to its success.
There were strong outcries for reopening the trade among the border communities.
The assumption that such an operation could be undertaken without a major international outcry was naive in the extreme.
They would soon raise an outcry and put pressure on the government to withdraw its decision.
The public outcry that greeted the destruction of the monument complicates such an interpretation, however.
Or consider what the nefarious concepts of public, public outcry, and public opinion mean in these accounts.
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