Similarly, how does one express holding opposing or considering many options about a problem or opinion?
I am trying to concisely express the ability to consider all sides.
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Sign up to join this communitySimilarly, how does one express holding opposing or considering many options about a problem or opinion?
I am trying to concisely express the ability to consider all sides.
If you put verbs of discussion and thought in the first person, they seem to work. For example, "bandy": "I bandied about the problem."
"Brainstorm", and "puzzle over" also indicate a multi-step process, although not specifically "multi-view".
Also see: Word for seeing both sides of an argument and How to express "to look at more or all sides" and "consider more or all views" for a thing?
Contemplate been the first word to come to my mind, and it's meaning is given in Oxford dictionary as:
VERB
with object
1.1 Think about.
she couldn't even begin to contemplate the future
1.2 ( no object ) Think deeply and at length.
he sat morosely contemplating
Although circumspect is used both colloquially and prosaically to mean "considering something for a long time and delaying taking action; being careful or wary," the etymological roots of the word are circum- which means around and -spect which means to see. So it could be literally translated from its roots to mean seeing around the whole thing.
So actually, circumspection may be one of the literal words for that case, although it has a somewhat different meaning in modern usage.
cir·cum·spec·tion
/ˌsərkəmˈspekSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: circumspection; plural noun: circumspections
the quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks; prudence.
"circumspection is required in the day-to-day exercise of administrative powers"
~ Oxford Dictionary (lexico.com)