different between opinion vs criticism
opinion
English
Etymology
From Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?, from op?nor (“to opine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?nj?n/
- Rhymes: -?nj?n
- Hyphenation: opin?ion
Noun
opinion (plural opinions)
- A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
- Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- Your reasons at / dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant / without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious / without impudency, learned without opinion, and / strange without heresy.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- 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.
- (European Union law) 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
Derived terms
Related terms
- opination
- opine
- opinionated
Translations
See also
- fact
Verb
opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)
- (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
- But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
Translations
References
- opinion at OneLook Dictionary Search
- opinion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- opinion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Noun
opinion
- accusative singular of opinio
French
Etymology
From Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.pi.nj??/
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “opinion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinioner, definite plural opinionene)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinionar, definite plural opinionane)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion
- Synonym: vejaire
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criticism
English
Etymology
critic +? -ism
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??t?s?z?m/
- Hyphenation: crit?i?cism
Noun
criticism (countable and uncountable, plural criticisms)
- (uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
- The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
- (countable) A critical observation or detailed examination and review.
- The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.
- Synonyms: critique, animadversion, censure
Derived terms
Related terms
- critic
- criticise
- critical
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “criticism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- "criticism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 84.
Romanian
Etymology
From French criticisme
Noun
criticism n (uncountable)
- criticism
Declension
criticism From the web:
- what criticism means
- what criticism could modern readers
- what does criticism mean
- what do criticism mean
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