| notion | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. belief, feeling, impression, notion, 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" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. notion | a general inclusive concept. |
| ~ concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ mumpsimus | a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable.; "he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. notion, whim, whimsey, whimsy | an odd or fanciful or capricious idea.; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it" |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. notion | (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items.; "buttons and needles are notions" |
| ~ article | one of a class of artifacts.; "an article of clothing" |
| ~ ribbon | notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming. |
| opinion | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "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" |
| ~ parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession | an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence.; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" |
| ~ pole | one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions.; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" |
| ~ political sympathies, politics | the opinion you hold with respect to political questions. |
| n. (communication) | 2. opinion, view | 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" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, conjecture, hypothesis | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| ~ side, position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute.; "there are two sides to every question" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. opinion, popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi | 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. |
| n. (communication) | 4. judgement, judgment, legal opinion, opinion | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision.; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ 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.; "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. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 5. opinion, ruling | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself). |
| ~ judicial decision, judgment, judgement | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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