self-opinionatedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-opinionatedness
Noun
  • Be Relentlessly Persistent My mindset is relentless persistence.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Bishops’ persistence was rewarded when Maeve Delaney scored off a corner kick, which thrilled the team and head coach Gary Burke.
    Hannah Hughes, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Home Service Insurance segment experienced a decline in premiums, attributed to strategic actions to improve sales quality and persistency, as well as economic pressures such as inflation.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The tannins are well structured yet soft and the wine has great persistency in the finish.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
Noun
  • Most cases of ear pressure resolve on their own, but there are times when medical attention is necessary.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But the alternative would entail that each accuser has to separately litigate their claim of abuse in the Alameda County Superior Court, a lengthy process that attorneys said could wear out their clients’ resolve.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As traditional energy routes through Russia became politically unviable, and Iran’s intransigence is likely to focus more sanctions on its energy exports, Turkey is positioning itself to fill the gap.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has appeared in recent months increasingly frustrated by Russia's intransigence, plus by its nightly drone and missile strikes across Ukraine.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Weaponized stubbornness Scoring is a straightforward concept, but success in this realm evaded Florida Saturday night.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Playing the character, much like Alicent Hightower in her stubbornness and strength, has been something of a purifying experience for Cooke.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this change reduces the explicit admission of willfulness, a narrative is still required.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The left’s obstinacy may carry a heavy political price.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The collapse of 2023 was partly rooted in offensive obstinacy, stagnation and decline.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Related: ‘Neglected diseases’ are anything but neglected by the billion-plus people living with them One possible reason for this obduracy is that noma begins as a dental disease, and dental diseases have long been underappreciated global health concerns.
    John Button, STAT, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Perhaps the greatest testament to Morocco’s obduracy came late in normal time, when Rodri — a central midfielder being deployed as a central defender — strode forward and shot, more in hope than in expectation, from 35 yards.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
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“Self-opinionatedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-opinionatedness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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