OPINION
Definition:
- [noun] a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
Synonyms: sentiment, persuasion, view, thought
- [noun] a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
Synonyms: public popular vox populi
- [noun] a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
Synonyms: view
- [noun] the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
Synonyms: legal judgment, judgement
- [noun] the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
Synonyms: ruling
- [noun] a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
Synonyms: impression, feeling, belief, notion
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Related Words:
- idea
- judgment, judgement, mind
- eyes
- preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion
- pole
- politics, political sympathies
- adverse opinion
- guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
- side, position
- concurring opinion
- dissenting opinion
- majority opinion
- fatwah
- obiter dictum, dictum
- Bakke decision
- fatwa
- presence
- effect
- first blush
- intuition, hunch, suspicion