Other Definitions
opinion (enc)
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Opinion| Noun | 1. | opinion - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"idea - a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him" judgment, judgement, mind - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" belief - any cognitive content held as true eyes - opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" pole - one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" | | | 2. | opinion - a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"belief - any cognitive content held as true | | | 3. | opinion - 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"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 side, position - an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question" | | | 4. | opinion - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning majority opinion - the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States" dictum, obiter dictum - an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | | 5. | opinion - the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)Bakke decision - a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy fatwa - a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | | 6. | opinion - 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"idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" presence - the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force" effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" first blush - at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" | |
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