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dogmatist

dogmatist noun: a stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.

Noun

dogmatist (plural dogmatists)

  1. A stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.
  2. One who derives philosophical or religious principles from a priori assertion or revelation rather than evidence or experience.
    • Dogmatic philosophies have sought for tests for truth which might dispense us from appealing to the future. Some direct mark, by noting which we can be protected immediately and absolutely, now and forever, against all mistake—such has been the darling dream of philosophic dogmatists.1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC

Synonyms of dogmatist

Forms of dogmatist

pluraldogmatists

Questions about dogmatist

What does dogmatist mean?
Dogmatist means a stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.
What part of speech is dogmatist?
Dogmatist is a noun.
What is the plural of dogmatist?
The plural of dogmatist is dogmatists.

Words near dogmatist in the dictionary

  1. dogmatisers
  2. dogmatises
  3. dogmatising
  4. dogmatism
  5. dogmatisms
  6. dogmatist
  7. dogmatists
  8. dogmatization
  9. dogmatizations
  10. dogmatize
  11. dogmatized

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