opinionative

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Genus: an assemblage of species agreeing in some one character or series of characters; usually considered as arbitrary and opinionative, though some consider it a natural assemblage.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

She knew that she wanted a friend—some one less opinionative than Mr. Fenshawe—to whom she could appeal for help and guidance when difficulties arose.

From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis

The opinionative islander turned the still vibrating scale by pulling out a long purse and repeating his original theory, that the whole question was mercantile.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

But in course of time the gratitude of the country exhausted itself, and Thiers, who was old-fashioned in many of his opinions, and as opinionative as he was old-fashioned, did not make any new friends.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

One is ignorant when one does not know the good of things; opinionative when one rates things by conventional standards; wise when one knows their real good.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton