Opinions & Lies. What is the difference? Let us explore the words - opinion & lie. As one will discover. There exists many subtle differences in the definition of opinion. Not so with the word lie. See below-CDB. OPINION: o·pin·ion (-pnyn) n. (Nown) 1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion (Elizabeth Drew). 2. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert: a medical opinion. 3. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing: has a low opinion of braggarts. 4. The prevailing view: public opinion. 5. Law A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin opni, opnin-, from opnr, to think.] Synonyms: opinion, view, sentiment, feeling, belief, conviction, persuasion. These nouns signify something a person believes or accepts as being sound or true. Opinion is applicable to a judgment based on grounds insufficient to rule out the possibility of dispute: A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible (Woodrow Wilson). View stresses individuality of outlook: My view is . . . that freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have or the views they express (Hugo L. Black). Sentiment and especially feeling stress the role of emotion as a determinant: If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences . . . reason is of no use to us (George Washington). There needs protection . . . against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling (John Stuart Mill). A BELIEF is a conclusion to which one subscribes strongly: Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it (Karl Popper). Conviction is belief that excludes doubt: the editors own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest (Walter Lippmann). Persuasion applies to a confidently held opinion: He had a strong persuasion that Likeman was wrong (H.G. Wells). NOW we investigate the word LIE. Nown & verb forms-CDB. lie 2 (l) n. 1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. v. lied, ly·ing (lng), lies v.intr. 1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving. 2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie. v.tr. To cause to be in a specific condition or affect in a specific way by telling falsehoods: You have lied yourself into trouble. Idiom: lie through ones teeth To lie outrageously or brazenly. [Middle English, from Old English lyge; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.] Synonyms: lie2, equivocate, fib, palter, prevaricate These verbs mean to evade or depart from the truth: a witness who lied under oath; didnt equivocate about her real purpose; fibbed to escape being scolded; paltering with an irate customer; didnt prevaricate but answered honestly. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. lie (laɪ) vb, lies, lying or lied 1. (intr) to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive 2. (intr) to convey a false impression or practise deception: the camera does not lie. n 3. an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead 4. something that is deliberately intended to deceive 5. give the lie to a. to disprove b. to accuse of lying [Old English lyge (n), lēogan (vb); related to Old High German liogan, Gothic liugan] As one discovers, the definition of LIE is simple. The definition of OPINION is NOT simple. Opinions may be based upon erroneous information; upon controversial information; upon a lie, yet possibly earnestly believed. As long as it is not based upon THAT PERSONs lie, it is opinion. A LIE is simple and straight forward. IT. IS. NOT. THE. TRUTH. And given deliberately so - for nefarious reasons. Opinions are almost always sincere. Not the same as a LIE, now is it? CDB June 28, 2014 End Xxx
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:22:01 +0000
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