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
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
I looked at Dudley—little, fat, pompous, and so self-opinionated that it fairly stuck out of him—and thought that if I had a fair chance I could take my dream girl from him.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.
Most of them were cold, self-opinionated, ultra-artificial to her easy, poetic spirit.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
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