dogmatist
Americannoun
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a person who asserts their opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
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a person who lays down dogmas; one who prescribes doctrines.
noun
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a dogmatic person
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a person who formulates dogmas
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dogmatist
First recorded in 1535–45; from Medieval Latin dogmatista, equivalent to dogmat(izāre) “to dogmatize ” + -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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Solskjaer is not a dogmatist, like Pep Guardiola, and he is not a tactician in the same league as Thomas Tuchel.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Bielsa’s reputation as a dogmatist has created a misleading impression of him.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2020
Handel doesn’t give us some Christian dogmatist, but rather a liberal-minded Roman officer who advocates tolerance, plaintively sung by Mr. Jaroussky.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
At 16, the once pious Catholic boy had turned into an unkempt dogmatist.
From Time Magazine Archive
The problems he discussed were formal rather than vital, and the spirit in which he discussed them was the temper of the dogmatist rather than that of the seer.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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