optics
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- Politicians often consider the optics of their statements to ensure they present a positive public impression.
And I mean, like the optics, they're good.
- And I mean, like the optics, they're good.
- Or like I should say the optics of that seem much more fair.
- They love the optics of incarceration porn.
- Fucking look at the optics of the situation.
- So we've seen some places across the country decriminalize drugs and the optics haven't been so great.
- And I can't speak on it too much, but it was a bad time and it made the optics of my launch look terrible.
- He moved his inauguration from outdoors to indoors because he his ego couldn't handle the optics of another, you know, limp Dick crowd size.
- So let's let's the optics of the situation.
- There is an optics propaganda campaign going on.
- And they are often like kind of pushed to the front of of the crowd when it comes to optics, you know, for for obvious reasons.
- Now as part of the sort of narcissistic collapse thing, sometimes you'll sort of see them turn to a good optics oriented intervention.
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They want to make the right choices for this joint initiative regardless of the optics of the situation.
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And I can't speak on it too much, but it was a bad time and it made the optics of my launch look terrible.
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Or like I should say the optics of that seem much more fair.
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Yeah, It's just terrible optics for the whole world.
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And so when he wants the electoral optics of voting with Trump so that it plays well with his RedState base, he does that.
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That decision was made from a pure optics standpoint by former Director Cheadle, right?
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You would think this fact would be obvious with Lou Gehrig being diagnosed during his prime, but the optics are still off.
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Instead, this is a story of reputation manipulation and media blitzes, of controversy and debate, optics and lying.
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The company's decision to change their logo was largely influenced by the optics around their brand image.
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His resignation was seen as necessary for maintaining the optics of integrity in the administration.
Synonyms
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The way a person or thing looks to other people
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The outward appearance of something as seen by others
Compounds
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A way of sending light through thin glass or plastic threads to carry data
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The study of how electric and magnetic fields control electron beams
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Etymology
Optics comes from an old Greek word optikos meaning 'sight' or 'to see', the same root as optical. That's why people use 'optics' to mean the public 'appearance' of an action — how it looks to others.