opinion

Noun
  1. A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty (synset 105954491)
    "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
    is a type of: belief - any cognitive content held as true
    subtypes:
    same as: persuasion, sentiment, thought, view
  2. 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 (synset 106794876)
    "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"
    is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
    • position, side - an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
    same as: view
  3. A belief or sentiment shared by most people;
    The voice of the people (synset 105958593)
    "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
    is a type of: belief - any cognitive content held as true
    same as: popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi
  4. The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision (synset 106563775)
    "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
    subtypes:
    • concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning
    • dissenting opinion - an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case
    • 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
    • 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
    same as: judgement, judgment, legal opinion
  5. The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) (synset 101193648)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: judgement, judgment, judicial decision - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
    subtypes: fatwa - a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
    specific instances: 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
    same as: ruling
  6. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed (synset 105925333)
    "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"
    is a type of: idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
    subtypes:
    • presence - the impression that something is present
    • effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
    • first blush - at the first glimpse or impression
    • hunch, intuition, suspicion - an impression that something might be the case
    same as: belief, feeling, impression, notion

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