opining
Sharing one's thoughts
Opining is expressing an opinion, typically in a way that suggests the speaker considers themselves authoritative or the matter settled: He's always opining about politics at dinner.
The word often carries a faintly dismissive tone, implying the opinions offered are unwelcome or self-important.
Explanatory remarks on events
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- op-edSigned newspaper commentary
- columnVertical structural element
- punditryExpert commentary profession
thinkpiece · essay · monologue · soliloquy · discourse · reflection · observation · exposition
Firmly held belief
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- outlookAttitude toward the future
position · stance · ideology · philosophy · worldview · creed · dogma · doctrine
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- refutationDisproving a statement
counterpoint · disputation · disagreement · dissent · objection · concurrence · advocacy · persuasion
Judgment of faults
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- appraisalEstimation of worth
verdict · pronouncement · censure · condemnation · reproach · endorsement · approval · disapproval
commentary
Explanatory remarks on events
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
- op-edSigned newspaper commentary
- columnVertical structural element
punditry · thinkpiece · essay · monologue · soliloquy · discourse · reflection · observation · exposition · pontification
conviction
Firmly held belief
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
outlook · position · stance · ideology · philosophy · worldview · creed · dogma · doctrine · tenet
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
refutation · counterpoint · disputation · disagreement · dissent · objection · concurrence · advocacy · persuasion · reasoning
criticism
Judgment of faults
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
appraisal · verdict · pronouncement · censure · condemnation · reproach · endorsement · approval · disapproval · rebuke
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- speechmakingorating, declaiming, speechifying, sermonizing, preaching
opiningstating facts
fact-finding · documenting · reporting · verifying · chronicling
opiningrefraining
Choosing not to act
abstaining · listening · keeping mum · staying quiet · biting one's tongue
opiningknowing
Possessing awareness or insight
proving · demonstrating · establishing · ascertaining · determining
- in my opinionSubjective viewpoint marker
- second opinionAdditional expert consultation
- public opinionSociety's shared attitudes
- honest opinionTruthful personal assessment
- popular opinionWidely held belief
- difference of opinionOpposing viewpoints between parties