oˈpinionator
Also 8 -er.
[f. opinionate v. after L. agent-nouns.]
One who holds an opinion, a theorist; = opinator, opiniator.
| 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 83 Such..are to be called Philosophers not opinionators or lovers of opinion. a 1716 South Serm. (1744) X. i. 9 The Pharisees, and the Opinionaters of their own holiness. 1930 New Statesman 8 Nov. 147/1, I can only regret that Mr. West devotes so much of his space to Mr. Wells the opinionator instead of to Mr. Wells the artist. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 339/1 The opinionators..are quite ready to sign petitions and organize meetings, and to these the artist is supposed to contribute his ration of right-feeling and right-thinking. 1973 Ibid. 16 Mar. 294/2 A pleasure that ought never to be tasted by the professional opinionator. 1974 Ibid. 7 June 610/2 The age demands superstars, intellectual acrobatics, personality cults, instant opinionators. |