Opiniative

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Relating to the expression of personal beliefs or judgments Characterized by the tendency to articulate subjective thoughts Involving a focus on the formulation and communication of individual perspectives and opinions
2. Pertaining to the act of stating or holding personal viewpoints or beliefs
3. Connected with the articulation of individual ideas and subjective assessments

Etymology: "Opiniative" is an archaic form of "opinionative," and the two words share the same underlying stock of meaning: a person who holds opinions firmly and tends to press them on others. The adjective was in use in English before "opinionative" became the more common spelling, so the older form is the one that survives in older texts. Its base is "opinion," which comes into English from Old French "opinion" and ultimately from the Latin "opinio," meaning belief or judgement, a word tied to "opinari," to think or suppose. The suffix does most of the work here. Adding "-ative" to a noun produces an adjective describing a tendency or quality, so "opiniative" describes something inclined toward opinion. The version with "-ionative" simply keeps the "-ion-" of "opinion" more visibly, which is probably why it displaced the earlier spelling.