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
- antidogmatist noun
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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Bielsa’s reputation as a dogmatist has created a misleading impression of him.
From New York Times
Which is not to say that Davies is a free-market dogmatist.
From New York Times
As President Barack Obama, not known as a conservative dogmatist, put it in 2015, the “free market is the greatest producer of wealth in history — it has lifted billions of people out of poverty.”
From Washington Post
I once asked Will Chappell, who has known the Mortons for more than a decade, whether they were actual sovereign dogmatists.
From New York Times
Perhaps more architectural theorists and dogmatists should shrug from time to time and say calmly, as Venturi did: “It’s only architecture.”
From The Guardian
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