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oˈpinioˌnativeness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or character of being opinionative; undue attachment to or persistence in one's own opinion; conceit; obstinate dogmatism.
1599Sandy's Europæ Spec. (1632) 179 Such as not to interrupt the common Concord with private opinionativenesse. 1639Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. lxxxiii. §812 As over-hasty giving credit is hurtfull,..much more stiffenesse or opinionativeness. 1742Mrs. Delany Autobiog. & Corr. II. 166 Conceit or opinionativeness becomes no sex or age. 1872Tulloch Ration. Theol. I. iii. 100 [Lord Falkland] especially detested..the dogmatic opinionativeness so prevalent in his time. |