Synonyms of opinionatedness

opinionatedness

noun

1

as in obdurateness

a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

guests on that political talk show seem to be far more prized for their uninhibited opinionatedness than for any trace of reasonableness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obdurateness
• persistence
• mulishness
• resolve
• persistency
• self-opinionatedness
• intransigence
• stubbornness
• pertinaciousness
• obstinateness
• bullheadedness
• obstinacy
• determination
• pigheadedness
• willfulness
• obduracy
• pertinacity
• doggedness
• self-will
• hardheadedness
• adamance
• defiance
• steadfastness
• wrongheadedness
• waywardness
• perversity
• perseverance
• tenacity
• adamancy
• inveteracy
• perverseness
• inflexibility
• recalcitrancy
• implacability
• anal-retentiveness
• rebelliousness
• inexorability
• rigidity
• balkiness
• single-mindedness
• strictness
• hardness
• tenaciousness
• sternness
• obstreperousness
• immovableness
• firmness
• relentlessness
• narrow-mindedness
• rigidness
• disobedience
• rigorousness
• contumacy
• cantankerousness
• cussedness
• recalcitrance
• intractability
• unruliness
• immovability
• stick-to-itiveness
• insubordination
• refractoriness
• frowardness
• rigor
• bloody-mindedness
• contrariness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acceptance
• reasonableness
• receptivity
• flexibility
• receptiveness
• acquiescence
• reasonability
• compliance
• pliability
• subordination
• obedience
• pliancy
• pliableness
• willingness
• broad-mindedness
• submission
• surrender
• pliantness
• open-mindedness
• docility
• subordinateness
• yielding
• subservience
• subserviency
• slavishness

2

as in sectarianism

stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices

in matters of religion, she seems to confuse self-righteous opinionatedness with godly devotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sectarianism
• bigotry
• intolerance
• dogmatism
• parochialism
• illiberality
• illiberalness
• intolerantness
• illiberalism
• narrow-mindedness
• partisanship
• reactionaryism
• small-mindedness
• conservatism
• insularism
• insularity
• provincialism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerance
• liberalism
• liberality
• progressivism
• broad-mindedness
• open-mindedness
• progressiveness