opinionist

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noun

One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions.

OriginFrench opinioniste →
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Meanings

nounopinionist (plural opinionists)

plural opinionists

  1. One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions.

    every conceited Opinionist sets up an infallible Chair in his own brain

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
  2. One whose unusual or heretical belief or opinion contrasts with the dominant view.

Origin

  1. Frenchopinioniste
  2. Englishopinionist

Compare French opinioniste.

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Chicago

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