# opinion

Pronunciation: say "uh-PIN-yuhn" /əˈpɪnjən/

## Noun

1. A belief, judgment, or view a person forms about a topic, issue, person, or thing, through reasoning that may be objective or subjective.
   - Simple: A belief or view that someone has about a person, thing, or topic.
   - _She kept her opinion to herself during the heated debate._
   - _Strong opinions about the new policy split the committee down the middle._
2. The combined views of people generally, or of a particular group, about a matter, considered as a whole.
   - Simple: What people in general, or a certain group of people, think about something, taken all together.
   - _Opinion among economists remains divided on whether the tax cut will help._
   - _Over the past decade, scientific opinion has swung firmly behind the new treatment._
3. A formal statement of judgment or advice from a judge, court, doctor or other expert, such as a court's written decision or an Advocate General's advice to the EU Court of Justice.
   - Simple: A formal judgment or piece of advice from a judge, doctor, or other expert.
   - _The court issued its opinion on the constitutional question last week._
   - _She sought a specialist's opinion before agreeing to the treatment._
4. The judgment or sentiment the mind forms about people or things; an estimation of their worth.
   - Simple: What you think of a person or thing after judging them.
   - _She holds a low opinion of politicians in general._
   - _His opinion of the new manager improved over time._

## Verb

5. To hold or state something as one's view. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To think or state that something is true.

## Noun

6. Stubborn insistence on one's own belief or impression; opinionatedness and conceit. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Stubbornness in sticking to your own beliefs, and thinking too highly of yourself.
7. Favorable regard; the reputation, fame, or public esteem in which a person or thing is held. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A good name and high regard in the eyes of others.

## Origin

This word came into Middle English from Old French, from Latin opīniō, from the verb opīnor ('to opine'). It displaced the native Old English word wēna.

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