self-opinionated
Americanadjective
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conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
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stubborn or obstinate in holding to one's own opinions, views, etc.
adjective
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having an unduly high regard for oneself or one's own opinions
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clinging stubbornly to one's own opinions
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
Young men were so intolerably self-opinionated now-a-days, she declared, that no doubt General Dorrien had not been unjustified in what he did.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
He could not see, he was so practical and so self-opinionated, that her heart was breaking while she was yielding with external calmness.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
Mr Ludlow, who was a country magistrate, was a stern, self-opinionated, and narrow-minded man, with very little of the milk of human kindness in his composition.
From Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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