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Is saying that something is "noisy" a fact or an opinion?

Based on a dictionary definition of noisy?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I am tempted to ask if my answer to your question is a fact or an opinion. This is one of the most interesting questions I have seen in quite a while. I had fun thinking about it.

    Since the definition of noisy involves judgments that something is loud and unmusical, the definition inherently involves evaluation. It is a descriptive term, but also evaluative. There fore unless there is an objective definition of loudness and "musicality/", the term is inherently a statement of opinion.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think that everyone would agree that a jackhammer operating in a Library would be somewhat intrusive. However, some people have hearing so sensitive that a fly walking up a wall sounds like a military march-past. So, I'd lean towards "opinion."

  • 1 decade ago

    opinion.. remember, some old people characterize modern music as NOISY when it is music to the ears of the youngsters... it depends on a person's threshold of noise.. and because it depends, then it is an opinion...

  • 1 decade ago

    well i think it's an opinion. for example one could like loud music but to someone else it could be "noisy".

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  • 1 decade ago

    Accoding to "define:noisy", google says it is more of a describing word. for example, "attracting attention by showiness" or "Full of or characterised by loud and nonmusical sounds"

    So i'd say it is an opinion.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that depends on whether an adjective is fact or opinion, I'd take it as opinion by the very fact that you are asking for opinions on it.

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