opinionationn.
/əˈpɪnjəneɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌpɪnjəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ The state or condition of holding obstinately to one's own opinion. Also: the expression and dissemination of opinions about current issues.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > stubbornness in opinion
self-judgement1525
self-opinion1553
opiniatrety1577
opiniastretyc1598
opinionativeness1599
opiniativeness1611
opiniastrya1643
opiniateness1645
opiniatrecy1649
opiniatry1651
opinionastry1655
opinionatedness1662
self-opiniativeness1674
opiniousness1688
opiniatreness1689
opinionatry1689
opinionatre1693
opiniatreture1699
opiniatreship1704
pragmaticism1865
self-opinionedness1879
opinionation1919
1919 R. Frost Let. 17 Feb. (2014) I. 649 Being careful..to do our part agreeably without too much contradiction and mere opinionation.
1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy vi. 167 It can be said..that this is an age of ‘opinionation’, that though few people take the trouble thoroughly to understand any problem, a great many assume that their opinions on almost every general issue will have weight.
1988 G. V. Bennett To Church of Eng. x. 131 From the English Reformation onwards there has been a concern that there should be some controlling principle to scriptural interpretation lest it should degenerate into mere opinionation.
2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Aug. 10 So the world continues to turn and the scope for opinionation is more or less limitless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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