self-opinion
Noun: - Stubborn adherence to one's own opinions: "self-opinion" refers to an obstinate or excessive confidence in one's own views, often to the point of disregarding others' perspectives. - His self-opinion made it impossible for him to accept any advice. (His stubborn attachment to his own ideas blocked cooperation.)
- (She was stubbornly convinced of her own correctness.)
- (Their collective stubbornness blocked open-minded discussion.)
"to have a strong self-opinion": to be excessively confident in one's own judgments or beliefs.
- The manager's strong self-opinion alienated his team. (His rigid self-confidence caused conflict.)
"self-opinion as a barrier to learning": the concept that stubbornness in one's own views hinders growth.
- Self-opinion often prevents people from exploring new ideas. (It blocks intellectual flexibility.)
Self-opinionated (adj): having or showing an excessive regard for one's own opinion; dogmatic.
- He is so self-opinionated that he never listens to anyone else. (He is stubbornly convinced of his own views.)
Self-opinion (n): the state of being self-opinionated.
- Dogmatism: the tendency to assert one's opinions as absolute truth.
- Obstinacy: stubbornness in holding to one's own ideas.
- Stubbornness: the quality of being unwilling to change one's mind.
Set in one's ways: having fixed habits or opinions that are difficult to change.
- She is set in her ways and rarely considers new perspectives. (She is stubborn and inflexible.)
Know-it-all: a person who acts as if they know everything and refuses to listen to others.
- His know-it-all attitude is a form of self-opinion. (His arrogance stems from stubborn self-confidence.)
- No phrasal verbs are directly associated with "self-opinion."