self-opinion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-opinion
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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He loves himself so much that he is startled if he discovers that his victims don’t share his vainglorious self-opinion.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
I believe he may be by this time, but he is so full of self-opinion that I fear whether he and Phillips will ever do together.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Doubtless I need not tell him that Burnett is not to be foster'd in self-opinion.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
The latter had suffered no diminution of their privileges; they had too much for which the young men, for all their self-opinion, got nothing or next to nothing in return.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Joseph Hergesheimer
She had a haughty indifference about learning; but it was not from an indifference to excel; 'twas from a firm self-opinion, that she excelled already.
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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