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
My self-opinion rises much by your eulogy of my social qualities.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
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 Hergesheimer, Joseph
His self-opinion, perhaps, was not risen so high as to permit him to use the sesquipedalian words and violent metaphors, to which he afterward seems to have given a preference.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
In addition to the money he never offended her, his relationships and manner were conducted with an inborn nice formality that preserved her highest self-opinion.
From Linda Condon by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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