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o·pin·ion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-pnyn)
n.
A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: “The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion” (Elizabeth Drew).
A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion.
A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts.
The prevailing view: public opinion.
Law. A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court.


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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin opni, opnin-, from opnr, to think.]
Synonyms: opinion, view, sentiment, feeling, belief, conviction, persuasion
These nouns signify something a person believes or accepts as being sound or true. Opinion is applicable to a judgment based on grounds insufficient to rule out the possibility of dispute: “A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible” (Woodrow Wilson). View stresses individuality of outlook: “My view is... that freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have or the views they express” (Hugo L. Black). Sentiment and especially feeling stress the role of emotion as a determinant: “If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences... reason is of no use to us” (George Washington). “There needs protection... against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling” (John Stuart Mill). A belief is a conclusion to which one subscribes strongly: “Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it” (Karl Popper). Conviction is belief that excludes doubt: “the editor's own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest” (Walter Lippmann). Persuasion applies to a confidently held opinion: “He had a strong persuasion that Likeman was wrong” (H.G. Wells).

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opinion

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opinion

\O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See Opine.] 1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.

Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persussion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting. --Sir M. Hale.

I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.

2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. --Shak.

Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.

However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.

3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]

Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak.

This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. --Milton.

4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

To be of opinion, to think; to judge.

To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See Sentiment.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


opinion

\O*pin"ion\, v. t. To opine. [Obs.]


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


opinion

n 1: a personal belief that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: sentiment, persuasion, view, thought] 2: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" [syn: public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi] 3: a message expressing a belief about something; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" [syn: view] 4: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" [syn: judgment, judgement] 5: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) [syn: ruling]

Damn that post is long.

BUT U PUT IT IN D WRONG FORUM BOI!:) :p

rudes....they still wouldn't get it....

classy, i know some ppl won't, but maybe they can take a hint when they start to dispute and tell another person on how they should feel react or what they should like.



bffan this post is in the right spot, this is where it belongs the most, b/c in the past 4-5 mos. this place getting like bachannal central, all b/c ppl don't know, or refuse to accept the definition of this word.

WELL I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THE WAY I USE WORDS AND HOW I SPELL THEM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. I CAN BE SO INSIGHTFUL AND PROUD OF IT. :p

WELL SINCE WE WERE GIVEN A DEFINTION, LETS GO INTO THE RULES WHICH THE WORD "OPINION" APPLIES.

FIRST, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING AN OPINION? AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF EXPRESSING AN OPINION AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE BEHIND EXPRESSING AN OPINION?

OR IS IT CAUSALITY? ( LAWD, I AM GETTING FLASHBACKS TO THE MATRIX) :p