self-opinion

[ self-uh-pin-yuhn, self- ]

noun

1. opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-opinion¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

An overblown self-opinion, common in GOP circles, is a sign on your back that says "Swindle me."

From Salon

In Giggs’s case, United’s most decorated player is far too savvy to have assumed it would be a seamless progression and, though anyone with his collection of medals is probably entitled to a reasonably high self-opinion, it would be a disappointment if he had pinned all his hopes on coaching at elite level.

From The Guardian

He loves himself so much that he is startled if he discovers that his victims don’t share his vainglorious self-opinion.

From Literature

We repress painful memories, create completely false ones, rationalize immoral behavior, act repeatedly to boost positive self-opinion, and show a suite of ego-defense mechanisms.

From Salon

So we see that the swelling pride and preposterous self-opinion which exalts itself above the mightiest, looking down upon and braving the boasted pretensions of the highest rank and the most brilliant talents as nothing, compared with its own conscious powers and silent unmoved self-respect, grovels and licks the dust before titled wealth, like a lacquered slave, the moment it can get wages and a livery!

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