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.

Subgenus: a division within a genus, based upon a character not sufficient for generic separation; opinionative.

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

They were not only opinionative," he writes, "peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship, and dead to all natural affections, which never descended below their grandchildren.

From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.

At first the piquancy and recklessness of her opinionative speech amused him as part of her characteristic flavor, or as a lingering youthfulness which the maturer intellect always pardons.

From Clarence by Harte, Bret

They were not only opinionative, peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship, and dead to all natural affection, which never descended below their grandchildren. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan