Opinion Occlusion: Difference between revisions

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opinion (Latin opinio, belief, conjecture) + occlusion (Latin occlusio, a shutting up, blockage).

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.
Wikipedia's reliance on accepted sources for neutral point of view creates opinion occlusion by limiting the scope of permissible discourse to sources that appeal to its editors' left-libertarian sensibilities.
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.

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/.

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 #: ''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.
-#: ''Minority scientific positions may undergo '''opinion occlusion''' not by editorial suppression but by sheer volume of contradictory coverage.''
+#: ''Wikipedia's reliance on accepted sources for neutral point of view creates '''opinion occlusion''' by limiting the scope of permissible discourse to sources that appeal to its editors' left-libertarian sensibilities.''
 # 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.