self-opinion

noun

self-opin·​ion ˌself-ə-ˈpin-yən 

: high or exaggerated opinion of oneself : self-conceit

Synonyms

• amour propre
• bighead
• complacence
• complacency
• conceit
• conceitedness
• ego
• egotism
• pomposity
• pompousness
• pride
• pridefulness
• self-admiration
• self-assumption
• self-conceit
• self-congratulation
• self-esteem
• self-glory
• self-importance
• self-love
• self-satisfaction
• smugness
• swelled head
• swellheadedness
• vaingloriousness
• vainglory
• vainness
• vanity

Examples of self-opinion in a Sentence

an editor of sufficient self-opinion to include some of her own work in an anthology of the best American short stories

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined above