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opinion

noun
/əˈpɪn.jən/

Etymology

From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.

  1. derived from opīniō
  2. derived from opinion
  3. derived from opinion

Definitions

  1. A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or…

    A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

    • I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.
    • In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate.
    • Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.

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

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

    • I haue bought / Golden Opinions from all ſorts of people, […]
    • Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.

  3. Favorable estimation

    Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.

    • Thou haſt redeemed thy loſt opinion, […]
    • This gain’d Agricola much opinion; who […] had made ſuch early progreſs into laborious […] enterpriſes.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression

      Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.

      • […] your reaſons at Dinner haue been ſharpe & ſententious: pleaſant without ſcurillitie, wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie, learned without opinion, and ſtrange without hereſie: […]

    2. The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other…

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

    3. A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice…

      A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.

    4. To have or express as an opinion.

      • But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon[…], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother […]

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at opinion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01opinion02public03view04imagination05creativity06product07offered08offer09party

A definitional loop anchored at opinion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at opinion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA