self-opinionedadj.
/ˌsɛlfəˈpɪnjənd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈpɪnjənd/ Opinionated, dogmatic; (also) conceited, vain; = self-opinionated adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adjective]
opinatea1492
opinative1517
self-opinionative1584
self-opinionate1602
self-opinioned1609
self-opinionated1611
self-opiniating1632
self-opiniateda1650
opinionated1961
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [adjective]
opinative1517
opinionativea1549
nose-wise?1566
self-conceited?1574
self-weening1574
opiniative?1575
opinionate1575
conceited1579
weening1579
self-opinionative1584
self-opinionate1602
well-opinioned1608
self-opinioned1609
opinioned1612
opinionated1630
cocklikea1635
self-opinionated1649
vogie1719
swell-headed1817
egotistical1825
airish1842
popular1848
big-headed1860
biggity1880
bigsie1881
ikey1881
Tappertitian1895
swollen-headed1928
ditzy1976
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica iii. sig. G5 No man appeares their entrance to impeach, The selfe-opiniond Foe so slightly mand it, They thinke their fortunes out of dangers reach.
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 401 He may cast him upon a bold, self-opinion'd Physician, worse than his Distemper.
1723 E. Jesup Life Pascal 65 in Lives Picus & Pascal This was not owing merely to Temper, or to his being Self-opinioned.
1794 A. Elliot in Hist. MSS Comm.: 14th Rep.: App., Pt. V 578 in Parl. Papers (C. 7572) (1896) L: Pt. ii 1 He argues closely, but is long-winded and self-opinioned.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. i. 5 An ingenious, but whimsical and self-opinioned mechanic.
1879 Westm. Rev. Jan. 268 He was more honest, more pugnacious, more self-opinioned than most men.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 12/1 Nobody could have been less self-opinioned, and indeed if he made a suggestion it was with a half-apology.
1988 J. Österberg Self & Others Introd. 2 Sometimes the term ‘egoist’ is used to characterize a person as boastful or self-opinioned, or as being wont to talk a lot about himself.
2016 Western Morning News (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Consumer section) 12 His pompous, self-opinioned views..are an insult to the listeners' intelligence.
Derivatives
self-oˈpinionedness n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun]
opinionc1425
wind1484
vokea1508
conceit1567
self-weening1570
cockishness1573
weening1575
self-conceit1576
self-opinion1593
conceitedness1595
self-conceitednessa1602
self-opinionatedness1668
self-opinionativeness1743
egotism1800
swell-head1845
big-head1850
big-headedness1850
self-opinionedness1879
swollen head1898
swelled-headedness1907
ikeyness1911
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
1879 Daily News 22 Oct. 6/5 A peculiar kind of religious self-opinionedness sprang up.
1900 K. S. L. Guthrie Regeneration Appl. xvi. 251 A man should steer his course half-way between too great self-opinionedness, and too great deference to the opinions of anybody.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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