† self-opiniativenessn.
Obsolete.
The fact or quality of being self-opinionated; conceit, vanity; (also) obstinate or arrogant adherence to one's own opinion.With quot. 1760 compare quot. 1743 for self-opinionativeness n. at self-opinionative adj. Derivatives.
ΘΚΠ
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
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [noun] > obstinacy in one's own opinion
self-opinionatedness1668
self-opiniativeness1674
self-opinionativeness1743
self-opinionedness1879
1674 J. B. Certain Proposals for Preserv. Protestant Relig. 3 Is there not great cause to suspect that Carnal Policy, Self-opiniativeness, Pride of Heart, or something worse, lies at the bottom?
1707 J. Hacket Serm. St. Bennet-Finct Church 24 What care ought we to take, that in that little of our Duty we do perform, especially in Actions of Love and Mercy, they may not be..turn'd into sin, thro' vain-glory or self opiniativeness?
1760 Coll. Lett. J. Hervey I. l. 242 Divorced we must be from our old Husband, the Law;..and no longer wedded, by Self-opiniativeness, to our own Righteousness.
1834 W. Goode Mod. Claims to Possession Extraordinary Gifts (ed. 2) v. 247 The great test of genuine piety..is the purification of the spirit in the removal of the love of eminence and singularity, spiritual pride and self-opiniativeness.
1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 120 Disputants put this down to self-opiniativeness.
1906 Sat. Rev. 3 Nov. 542/1 We have all in our degree the defects and the ignorances and self-opiniativeness of the self-educated man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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