To be honest, I struggle with what some would say is opinionated in some instances. By way of explanation: A man who's opinion is 'none-negotiable', in that a man who knows he is right purely because the facts says he is right ... must be right. I've seen instances where a verbal war has broken out because a person challenges his opinion, who then goes on to say he is opinionated because he debunks what isn't right.
All I get from the definition of opinionated is that some might step back, as you say, not because they are wrong but because they won't fight to prove they are right.
(Does that make any sense, even?)... LOL
