Meanings
comparative more self-opinionated · superlative most self-opinionated
- Obstinately adhering to one's own opinion.
1 more example
Mr. F. J. Catton recalls that Dugald Drummond, like Webb, was both a pioneer in multi-cylinder propulsion and also in the use of uncoupled driving wheels, with his "720" class 4-2-2-0 engines; both men, however, were self-opinionated autocrats, and their innovations might have been far more successful had they taken the advice of others.
1956 November, “Notes and News: Further Webb Compound Impressions”, in Railway Magazine, page 787
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveobstinate in your opinions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German äußerst meinungsbewusst, sehr von sich überzeugt
- äußerst meinungsbewusstobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
- sehr von sich überzeugtobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
Spanish dogmático, testarudo
- dogmáticoobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
- testarudoobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
- obstinadoobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
- tercoobstinately adhering to one's own opinion
Cite this entry
self-opinionated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-opinionated
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