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self-opinionated

American  
[self-uh-pin-yuh-nay-tid, self-] / ˌsɛlf əˈpɪn jəˌneɪ tɪd, ˈsɛlf- /
Also self-opinioned

adjective

  1. conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.

  2. stubborn or obstinate in holding to one's own opinions, views, etc.


self-opinionated British  

adjective

  1. having an unduly high regard for oneself or one's own opinions

  2. clinging stubbornly to one's own opinions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of self-opinionated

First recorded in 1665–75


Example Sentences

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Robert Tarbet was "self-opinionated and witty", according to his daughter, Paula Karoly, but also "hardworking, loyal and beautiful".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021

“What I have tried to do,” Mr. McCowen said, “is peel away all those layers of respectability to get back to the violent, self-opinionated little boy that was always bursting out.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2017

But Roy had developed, in spite of his real sterling worth and ability, into a headstrong, rather self-opinionated lad.

From The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship by Margaret Burnham

Most of them were cold, self-opinionated, ultra-artificial to her easy, poetic spirit.

From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser

But you have grown self-willed and self-opinionated of late, and I must say, you couldn't have a graver fault!

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever

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