opiniativeness

“Mr. Direck had read a very great deal of all this expressed opiniativeness of Mr. Britling: he found it entertaining and stimulating stuff, and it was with genuine enthusiasm that he had come over to encounter the man himself.”

Mr. Britling Sees It Through

“Ueberhells were accused of presumption and arrogance, of opiniativeness and pugnacity.”

The Elixir

“Yet fright, temerity, or courage may impel us to incur dangers which we clearly see; opiniativeness or obstinacy may make us inwardly deaf to counsels or warnings which we hear; and motives of health may induce us to swallow the most nauseous drugs.”

A Manual of Moral Philosophy