pontificator
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- noun
- /pɒnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪtər/
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pompouso
- During the debate, he acted like apontificator, insisting that his views were the only correct ones.
Contributing writer, environmentalist, activist and now audio pontificator.
- Contributing writer, environmentalist, activist and now audio pontificator.
Examples
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Hollywood and the media are stuffed with such pontificators.
Blog text (24) -
As he looked toward the cockpit, he spotted The Pompous Pontificator waving his arms in furious abandonment.
Fiction book (2000) -
OK, there are a few "ground rules" for what it means to have a political mandate, from the pontificator-in-chief of the GOP himself.
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But we have an impressive stable of ready-for-prime-time pontificators waiting to come in from the cold.
Fiction book (2002) -
Did you know that most great philosophers were less pontificators of thought, but more purveyors of really good questions?
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He was a pontificator.
Fiction book (1998) -
By the way, it is worth mentioning that al-Zaidi had family members incarcerated by Hussein's regime, so I'm sure he does not need the lectures from Western pontificators about how bad the old regime was.
Blog text (17) -
Many people grow tired of those self-proclaimedpontificators who dominate discussions with their overbearing opinions.
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In the meeting, she came across as apontificator, frequently interrupting others to assert her own viewpoint.
Synonyms
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A person who talks too much and brags about themselves
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A person who acts too proud and tries to seem important
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A person who thinks they are more important than other people
A joking name for a person who has great power in a group
A person who talks too much and interferes in other people's business
A person who gives long formal talks in a proud, showy way
A person who often says the same boring, worn-out phrases
How Pompous
Surface Forms
Morphology
pontificator = pontificate (transparent) = pontific + ator
Clear agentive noun formation from 'pontificate' meaning 'to speak pompously', so a 'pontificator' is readily inferable as someone who pontificates.
Etymology
Pontificator also comes from pontiff and the verb pontificate, words for a high priest speaking with authority. So a pontificator can mean a person who talks or acts in a pompous, self-important way.