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self-opinionated

self-opinionated

8.2
Someone who is always sure their ideas are right and refuses to change, even when they are wrong
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛlfəˈpɪnjəˌneɪtɪd/
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  • She often gives self-opinionated advice without considering other perspectives.

Examples

  • His self-opinionated attitude makes it difficult for him to accept constructive criticism.

  • You're goddamn too self-opinionated... -

  • You're too goddamn self-opinionated, now shut up.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • It's the kind of weak-arsed, self-opinionated arguments they love over there... i.e.

    Blog text (18)
  • Many find his self-opinionated views on politics hard to tolerate.

Synonyms

narcissistic
vsself-opinionated
58 7.8

Being sure you are much more important than other people

centers on own opinions as superior and stubbornly defends them
opinionated
vsself-opinionated
30 5.5

Showing strong ideas and not willing to listen to others

places excessive value on those beliefs as superior to others
conceited
vsself-opinionated
24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

gives special value to personal ideas and clings to them
obstinate
vsself-opinionated
16 7.5

Refusing to change your opinion or behavior even when others try to persuade you

is the same stubbornness but adds an inflated sense of their correctness
intransigent
vsself-opinionated
8 8.1

Not willing to change views or agree with others

is similar in refusing compromise but also values opinions as superior
opinionative
vsself-opinionated
8.2

Being stubborn about your own beliefs and refusing other views

is the same meaning but appears as an alternate form
self-assertive
vsself-opinionated
7.0

Being confident and forceful when you speak or act, sometimes sounding rude

prioritizes those opinions and often refuses to accept other views
full of oneself
vsself-opinionated
  • Informal
6.9

Thinking you are better than other people

elevates personal opinions above others and resists changing them

Antonyms

155 3.4

Able to change or be changed to fit different situations

80 3.7

Ready to listen to new ideas and accept different views

How Opinionated

dogmatic
18 7.9
self-opinionated
8.2
opinionated
30 5.5
open-minded
80 3.7

Surface Forms

self-opinionated positive

Morphology

self-opinionated = opinionated (transparent) = self + opinion

The adjective is formed by prefixing 'self-' to the familiar adjective 'opinionated', yielding the expected meaning of holding one's own views strongly.

Etymology

Self-opinionated comes from self- meaning 'oneself' and opinion meaning 'a view or belief'. So, a self-opinionated person is full of their own views and often thinks their ideas are best, making them stubborn about other people's opinions.