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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opinion '''opinion'''] (Latin ''opinio'', belief, conjecture) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occlusion '''occlusion'''] (Latin ''occlusio'', a shutting up, blockage). | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opinion '''opinion'''] (Latin ''opinio'', belief, conjecture) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occlusion '''occlusion'''] (Latin ''occlusio'', a shutting up, blockage). | ||
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# (''social psychology'') The suppression of a sincerely held view due to social pressure, conformity norms, or anticipated consequence. Distinguished from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reticence '''reticence'''] in that the opinion exists but is actively withheld. | # (''social psychology'') The suppression of a sincerely held view due to social pressure, conformity norms, or anticipated consequence. Distinguished from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reticence '''reticence'''] in that the opinion exists but is actively withheld. | ||
#: ''The unanimous vote was less a consensus than a product of '''opinion occlusion''', with several members privately [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissenting '''dissenting'''].'' | #: ''The unanimous vote was less a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus '''consensus'''] than a product of '''opinion occlusion''', with several members privately [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissenting '''dissenting'''].'' | ||
# (''epistemology, media studies'') The systemic sidelining of a viewpoint through agenda-setting, framing, or noise rather than direct censorship. | # (''epistemology, media studies'') The systemic sidelining of a viewpoint through [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agenda-setting '''agenda-setting'''], framing, or noise rather than direct censorship. | ||
# Any force, mechanism, or structure that blocks or suppresses an opinion or range of opinions from expression or consideration, particularly those originating from an opposing viewpoint or rival ideological tradition. | # Any force, mechanism, or structure that blocks or suppresses an opinion or range of opinions from expression or consideration, particularly those originating from an opposing viewpoint or rival ideological tradition. | ||
# (''rhetoric, informal'') Any mechanism, deliberate or structural, by which a genuine judgment is displaced in expression by a safer or more palatable substitute. | # (''rhetoric, informal'') Any mechanism, deliberate or structural, by which a genuine judgment is displaced in expression by a safer or more palatable substitute. | ||
#: ''His carefully worded non-answer was textbook '''opinion occlusion''', saying everything except what he actually thought.'' | #: ''His carefully worded non-answer was textbook '''opinion occlusion''', saying everything except what he actually thought.'' | ||
# (entertainment industry) The deliberate suppression of a public figure's opinions especially the spicier ones by management or producers in order to preserve a commercially constructed image. | |||
#: ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Seol-hyun Seol-hyun's] dialogue on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Man_(TV_program) Running Man]'' was so heavily edited that entire appearances passed with barely a sentence aired, a textbook '''opinion occlusion'''; it is speculated that her competitive nature was cut to protect the innocent image her agency had built around her.'' | |||
===Related terms=== | ===Related terms=== | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification preference falsification] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preference_falsification preference falsification] | ||
* [https:// | * [https://medium.com/@VerbivoreVasanth/epistemic-cowardice-cd1ebe1f9e98 epistemic cowardice] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralistic_ignorance pluralistic ignorance] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralistic_ignorance pluralistic ignorance] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect chilling effect] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect chilling effect] | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
-- | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/self-censorship self-censorship] | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/groupthink groupthink] | |||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alignment_tax alignment tax] | |||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
* | * MoribundMurdoch. "Opinion Occlusion [オピニオン・オクルージョン] Anything that obstructs or closes an opinion or a range of opinions (esp. opinions from an opposing camp or rival ideology)." The Moribundity Learns, Facebook, January 21, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqDvwmwZ3/. | ||
* | * MoribundMurdoch. "Opinion Occlusion [オピニオン・オクルージョン] Anything that obstructs or closes an opinion or a range of opinions (esp. opinions from an opposing camp or rival ideology)." Twitter, January 21, 2022, https://x.com/MoribundMurdoch/status/1484706935547084805?s=20 . | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources One Reason for Wikipedia's Opinion Occlusion] | |||
* Project Kino. "Running Man - The Curse of Beauty (ft. Seolhyun)." YouTube, accessed April 29, 2026. https://youtu.be/9fv1kqXBpW0?si=bWO8x4xPMzxIvNB8. | |||
[ | ===Categories=== | ||
[ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound English compound nouns] | ||
[ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology Epistemology] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology Psychology] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 29 April 2026
Etymology
[edit | edit source]opinion (Latin opinio, belief, conjecture) + occlusion (Latin occlusio, a shutting up, blockage).
Noun
[edit | edit source]opinion occlusion (uncountable and countable, plural opinion occlusions)
- (social psychology) The suppression of a sincerely held view due to social pressure, conformity norms, or anticipated consequence. Distinguished from reticence in that the opinion exists but is actively withheld.
- The unanimous vote was less a consensus than a product of opinion occlusion, with several members privately dissenting.
- (epistemology, media studies) The systemic sidelining of a viewpoint through agenda-setting, framing, or noise rather than direct censorship.
- Any force, mechanism, or structure that blocks or suppresses an opinion or range of opinions from expression or consideration, particularly those originating from an opposing viewpoint or rival ideological tradition.
- (rhetoric, informal) Any mechanism, deliberate or structural, by which a genuine judgment is displaced in expression by a safer or more palatable substitute.
- His carefully worded non-answer was textbook opinion occlusion, saying everything except what he actually thought.
- (entertainment industry) The deliberate suppression of a public figure's opinions especially the spicier ones by management or producers in order to preserve a commercially constructed image.
- Seol-hyun's dialogue on Running Man was so heavily edited that entire appearances passed with barely a sentence aired, a textbook opinion occlusion; it is speculated that her competitive nature was cut to protect the innocent image her agency had built around her.
Related terms
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- MoribundMurdoch. "Opinion Occlusion [オピニオン・オクルージョン] Anything that obstructs or closes an opinion or a range of opinions (esp. opinions from an opposing camp or rival ideology)." The Moribundity Learns, Facebook, January 21, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqDvwmwZ3/.
- MoribundMurdoch. "Opinion Occlusion [オピニオン・オクルージョン] Anything that obstructs or closes an opinion or a range of opinions (esp. opinions from an opposing camp or rival ideology)." Twitter, January 21, 2022, https://x.com/MoribundMurdoch/status/1484706935547084805?s=20 .
- One Reason for Wikipedia's Opinion Occlusion
- Project Kino. "Running Man - The Curse of Beauty (ft. Seolhyun)." YouTube, accessed April 29, 2026. https://youtu.be/9fv1kqXBpW0?si=bWO8x4xPMzxIvNB8.