'public animosity' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a feeling or attitude of hostility expressed by a large group of people. For example: The public animosity towards the government's policies was evident during the protest.
Public animosity toward the education plan could hurt pro-Beijing candidates at the polls.
The two groups are not talking, although there has been no public animosity.
The public animosity between the two continued until their hourlong meeting at the Trump tower in April.
The lonely artist, resolute in the face of public animosity but confident of posterity's acclaim, also decided to stay home.
He explained that he was concerned that all the ado over Mitt Romney's wealth ("Bain, carried interest, Cayman islands") would revive public animosity toward the haves.
Conservative Iranian news media have been unrestrained in whipping up public animosity, though neither the formal charges nor any incriminating evidence has ever been made public.
Sensing the public's animosity toward banking, for instance, she persuaded Mr. Moynihan to eliminate overdraft fees on debit card purchases in 2010, and to reject those purchases instead.
Even in the perspective of all the forces at work, 39 dead and 85 wounded make a terrible indictment of those few in office who lacked the will and the vision to have prevented the slaughter, and of those many in the public whose animosity or indifference allowed it to happen.
Sheley's lawyer's told Judge O'Connor that the public's animosity towards their client could compromise their case, according to the Quad City Times.
At a key moment when the PM, elected in November 2013, was at risk of becoming mired in dissatisfaction over his unpopular social policies — including regressive stances on health, higher education, and climate change — the government's new anti-terror campaign has tranquilized the public's animosity.
That tends to shield them from the sudden public displays of animosity against officialdom that are common throughout China.
