Learn English – Can an “opinion” be right or wrong

meaningmeaning-in-context

a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

(Oxford Dictionaries)

This basically says that it is based on personal belief (i.e. "personal opinion") so can it be "right" or "wrong"? Or is it based on the content/phrasing of the opinion? For example,

I like Vanilla, and I dislike Chocolate

vs.

Chocolate is the worst flavour, Vanilla is the best

Best Answer

I actually do think that opinions can be wrong. Consider the following

In my opinion, the Earth is flat

In my opinion, Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

You can call these 'opinions', but they're factually wrong.

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