popular

contrary to popular opinion

Opposite to what is popularly or generally expected or believed. Usually used to introduce such a statement. Contrary to popular opinion, higher taxes end up benefiting people more than lower ones.

See also: contrary, opinion, popular

contrary to popular belief/opinion

something that you say before you make a statement that is the opposite of what most people believe Contrary to popular belief, bottled water is not always better than tap water.

See also: belief, contrary, popular

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Jurica		-	Croatian, Slovene
Eula		YOO-lə	English
Svjetlana		-	Croatian, Serbian
Boris		bah-REES (Russian), BO-ris (German), BAWR-is (English)	Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian, German, History
Rebeca		re-BE-kah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Aparna		-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali

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