opinionist

English

Etymology

Compare French opinioniste.

Noun

opinionist (plural opinionists)

  1. 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
  2. One whose unusual or heretical belief or opinion contrasts with the dominant view.

Derived terms

References

“opinionist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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