self-opinion

[ self-uh-pin-yuh n, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf əˈpɪn yən, ˌsɛlf- /

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noun

opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.

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Nearby words

self-motivation, self-moving, self-mutilation, self-obsessed, self-operating, self-opinion, self-opinionated, self-paced, self-parody, self-perception, self-perfection

Origin of self-opinion

First recorded in 1570–80

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for self-opinion

She was entirely unconscious of the arrogance of self-opinion that was in all she said.
Hester, Volume 1 (of 3)|Margaret Oliphant
I should be sorry to shock your self-opinion, but you were never more mistaken.
Rob Roy, Volume 1., Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
If I should ever attain to the degree of self-opinion requisite to such an undertaking, I shall labour at it with pleasure.
The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper
My self-opinion rises much by your eulogy of my social qualities.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III|Thomas Moore

From obedience and submission spring all other virtues, as all sin does from self-opinion.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood