self-opinionated

[ self-uh-pin-yuh-ney-tid, self- ]

adjective

1. conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
2. stubborn or obstinate in holding to one's own opinions, views, etc.

self-opinionated

adjective

1. having an unduly high regard for oneself or one's own opinions
2. clinging stubbornly to one's own opinions

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-opinionated¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

“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

Unhappily he, in no small degree, depreciated this great gift, by clogging it with his own self-opinionated pronunciation of the language, instead of taking it as actually spoken.

From Project Gutenberg

All this results from the existence of a military caste in this country which is as supercilious, self-opinionated, and autocratic as the military aristocracy of the most military ridden nation of Europe.

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And on he went, ruffled, but wrapped in self-opinionated vanity.

From Project Gutenberg

A wide gulf, truly, separates from their fathers these modern self-centred, self-opinionated young sportswomen and over-academised girls.

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