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
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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
Determined fighter for freedom in the observance, practice, and witness of religion, scorner of ambiguist and dogmatist alike, priest, professor, eminent theologian, author and editor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Feeling that his mission was not merely to pull down, but to build up, he spoke with the vigour of a dogmatist, not with the coldness of a critic.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey
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