minority opinion
The losing side
A minority opinion is a view held by fewer people than the prevailing position.
In law, it's a judge's written dissent from the majority ruling: Justice Harlan's minority opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson was vindicated decades later.
More broadly, any stance outside mainstream consensus: Skepticism about the project was a minority opinion in the room.
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- dissenting voiceOne expressing disagreement publicly
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- outlierDistant data point
- contraryOpposed in nature
disagreement · devil's advocate · voice · speaking out · opposition · unpopular · lone · lone wolf · standpoint · protest · challenge · vote · deviation · unconventional · resistance · skeptic · contrarian · underdog
- objectionsobjection, complaint, protest, refutation, demur
- dissentersdissenter, dissenters, dissidents, dissident, nonconformists
- rulingsfinal judgment, summary judgment, ruling, final ruling, adjudication
- TalmudMishnah, daf, Seder, sugya, folio
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
minority opinionmajority opinion
Position most hold
popular opinion · consensus · general consensus · conventional wisdom · received wisdom
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