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opinionnaire|əʊˌpɪnjəˈnɛə(r)| Also opinionaire. [f. opinion n. + -aire, after questionnaire.] A series of questions designed to gauge (public) opinion on a specific issue; a questionnaire. A word of doubtful usefulness.—R. W. B.
1949R. K. Merton Social Theory ii. 207 Interview techniques in all their numerous variety..questionnaires, opinionnaires and attitude tests. 1955M. Reifer Dict. New Words 148 Opinionaire, a questionnaire to be filled in by various persons, for polling public opinion. 1964P. Meadows in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 450 Researchers, equipped with pencils, pads, and opinionnaires, sought to throw on the screen of national attention the bright beams of percentages and averages of mass opinions. 1973Jrnl. Genetic Psychology Mar. 56 Compliance was defined as correspondence between the child's report on an opinionnaire and the parent's report. 1975Bull. Canad. Assoc. Univ. Teachers Feb. 7/3 The report..admonishes its reader not to rely on student opinionnaires in the evaluation of university teaching. |