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public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

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n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

position, stance, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

stance

n. standing posture

point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

creed, credo

n. any system of principles or beliefs

belief, dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

denomination

n. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion

n. 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"

concept, conception, construct

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

percept, perception, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

rumination

n. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding

cogitation, study

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

estimate, estimation, approximation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

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