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dogmatists

dogmatists is the plural of dogmatist.

Meaning of dogmatist

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

Questions about dogmatists

What is dogmatists the plural of?
Dogmatists is the plural of dogmatist.

Words near dogmatists in the dictionary

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

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