opinionist
English
editEtymology
editCompare French opinioniste.
Noun
editopinionist (plural opinionists)
- One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
- every conceited Opinionist sets up an infallible Chair in his own brain
- One whose unusual or heretical belief or opinion contrasts with the dominant view.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit“opinionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.