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Greek chorus (plural Greek choruses)

  1. (Ancient Greece, historical) Synonym of chorus (a group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song)
  2. (figurative) Synonym of chorus (a group of people who express a unanimous opinion)
    • 2015 November 22, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, “’Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World,’ by Tim Whitmarsh”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-16:
      But the best part of "Battling the Gods" is the Greek chorus of atheists themselves, who speak distinctively throughout each of the political transformations — until, that is, the last of them, when they go silent.
    • 2020 December 20, Deborah Cohen, “The Real Legacy of the Suffrage Movement”, in The Atlantic[2], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 April 2021:
      A Greek chorus of "antis" foretold a different future. The death of the family! The destruction of morality!

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