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NOUN | 1 | opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought | A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
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2 | opinion, public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi | A belief or sentiment shared by most people | |
3 | opinion, view | A message expressing a belief about something | |
4 | opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement | The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | |
5 | opinion, ruling | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | |
6 | opinion, impression, feeling, belief, notion | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
Sounds | ahpih'nyahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. |
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Examples | "my opinion differs from yours" |
Synonyms | sentiment, persuasion, view, thought |
Narrower | idea; judgment, judgement, mind; eyes; preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion; pole; politics, political sympathies |
Broader | belief |
Verbs | opine |
Meaning | A belief or sentiment shared by most people. The voice of the people. |
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Examples | "he asked for a poll of public opinion" |
Synonyms | public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi |
Broader | belief |
Meaning | 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. |
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Examples | "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
Synonyms | view |
Narrower | adverse opinion; guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis; side, position |
Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
Verbs | opine |
Meaning | The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision. |
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Examples | "opinions are usually written by a single judge" |
Synonyms | legal opinion, judgment, judgement |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Narrower | concurring opinion; dissenting opinion; majority opinion; fatwah; obiter dictum, dictum |
Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument |
Meaning | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself). |
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Synonyms | ruling |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Narrower | Bakke decision; fatwa |
Broader | judgment, judgement, judicial decision |
Meaning | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. |
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Synonyms | impression, feeling, belief, notion |
Narrower | presence; effect; first blush; intuition, hunch, suspicion |
Broader | idea, thought |