NOUN | cognition | opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
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communication | opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something | |
cognition | opinion, public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi | a belief or sentiment shared by most people | |
communication | opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | |
act | opinion, ruling | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | |
cognition | opinion, impression, feeling, belief, notion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
Sounds | ahpih'nyahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. | |
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Example | "my opinion differs from yours" | |
Synonyms | sentiment, persuasion, view, thought | |
Narrower | eyes | Opinion or judgment |
idea | A personal view | |
judgment, judgement, mind | An opinion formed by judging something | |
pole | One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | |
politics, political sympathies | The opinion you hold with respect to political questions | |
preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion | An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | |
Broader | belief | Any cognitive content held as true |
Spanish | apreciación, convencimiento, idea, opinión, parecer, punto de vista, visión | |
Catalan | apreciació, convenciment, opinió, parer, punt de vista, sentiment, visió | |
Verbs | opine | expect, believe, or suppose |
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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Example | "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" | |
Synonym | view | |
Narrower | adverse opinion | An opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States |
guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis | A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
side, position | An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute | |
Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
Spanish | criterio, opinión, parecer, punto de vista, vista | |
Catalan | criteri, opinió, parer, punt de vista, vista | |
Verbs | opine | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation / hesitation |
Meaning | A belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people. | |
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Example | "he asked for a poll of public opinion" | |
Synonyms | public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi | |
Broader | belief | Any cognitive content held as true |
Spanish | opinion, opinión, opinión pública, vox populi | |
Catalan | opinió pública, vox populi |
Meaning | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself). | |
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Synonym | ruling | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Instances | Bakke decision | A ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action |
Narrower | fatwa | A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized / recognized authority |
Broader | judgment, judgement, judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
Spanish | decisión, dictamen, fallo, sentencia | |
Catalan | dictamen |
Meaning | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. | |
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Synonyms | impression, feeling, belief, notion | |
Narrower | effect | An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) |
first blush | At the first glimpse or impression | |
intuition, hunch, suspicion | An impression that something might be the case | |
presence | The impression that something is present | |
Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
Spanish | creencia, impresión, sentimiento | |
Catalan | creença, impressió, sentiment |
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