Synonyms and related words :
assumption, attitude, backscratching, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, feeling, general belief, idea, impression, influence peddling, judgment, lights, lobbying, lobbyism, logrolling, mind, mystique, notion, observation, opinion, personal judgment, point of view, political influence, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, reaction, sentiment, sight, social pressure, special-interest pressure, stance, theory, thinking, thought, view, way of thinking, wire-pulling