self-opinionated
/'selfə'pinjəneitid/ Cách viết khác : (self-opinioned) /'selfə'pinjənd/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Obstinate in one's opinions: Describes a person who is stubbornly and unreasonably attached to their own views, beliefs, or judgments, often refusing to consider other perspectives.
Usage
- The word self-opinionated is used to characterize a person's attitude or behavior. It is a formal and critical term, implying a negative judgment about someone's unwillingness to be open-minded or flexible.
- It typically functions as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like , , ) or as an attributive adjective (placed before a noun).
Examples
- As a predicate adjective:
- Despite all the evidence presented, he remained self-opinionated and refused to change his stance.
- She is too self-opinionated to listen to any advice from her colleagues.
- As an attributive adjective:
- The meeting was derailed by a few self-opinionated individuals.
- His self-opinionated approach makes collaboration very difficult.
Advanced Usage
- "To be self-opinionated about something": To be stubbornly fixed in one's opinion on a specific topic.
- He is incredibly self-opinionated about political issues, so it's pointless to argue with him.
Variants and Related Words
- Self-opinioned (adjective): An older or less common variant with the same meaning as .
- The self-opinioned scholar dismissed all contemporary research.
- Opinionated (adjective): Holding stubbornly to one's own opinions. ( is more commonly used than and carries a similar, though sometimes slightly less intense, connotation).
- She is known for being fiercely opinionated on matters of art.
Synonyms
- Dogmatic: Asserting opinions in an arrogant manner; unwilling to change.
- Obstinate: Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
- Inflexible: Unwilling to change or compromise.
- Pigheaded (informal): Stupidly obstinate.
Antonyms
- Open-minded: Willing to consider new ideas.
- Flexible: Ready and able to change.
- Receptive: Willing to receive or accept new suggestions.
- Amenable: Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- To have a closed mind: To be unwilling to consider different ideas or opinions. This phrase describes a similar attitude to being .
- You'll never learn anything new if you have such a closed mind.
- Set in one's ways: Inflexibly fixed in one's habits or opinions.
- My grandfather is set in his ways and won't try new technology.
Adjective
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