dogmatist
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈdɔɡmətɪst/
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dogmatista
- The dogmatist refused to listen to other opinions during the debate.
Thus arise the different schools of the Stoics and Epicureans, the Dogmatists, Achemedicians, et cetera.
- Thus arise the different schools of the Stoics and Epicureans, the Dogmatists, Achemedicians, et cetera.
- The Academy was Plato's school, and for a while it was, you know, platonic dogmatist.
Examples
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Those who wish to censor writers, libraries, or readers are not ethical critics but dogmatists.
Academic text (1998) -
History did not remember Brown, the earnest supporter of principles, but rather, Brown, the dogmatist who obstructed laws aimed at strengthening the army and bringing victory.
Academic text (2014) -
Our dogmatists have a simple answer:
Academic text (1991) -
There are dogmatists out there.
Blog text (29) -
Conservative economist Milton Friedman, he said, was an example of the dogmatist in action.
Academic text (1995) -
The party reformers could not, after all, neutralize the dogmatists' attempt at a rollback.
Academic text (1991) -
It's the fundamentalists, dogmatists, and fanatics who are the real problem, but that's true in any area of human belief, not just religion.
Blog text (25) -
Seeing flaws in both cultural dogmatists and cultural relativists, he urged thinkers to reject the arguments of both extremes.
Academic text (2008) -
In this setting, the bishops can ill afford to appear as well-meaning dogmatists who cannot bring themselves to give up outworn clichés.
Academic text (1990) -
As a dogmatist, she insisted that her views were the only correct ones.
Synonyms
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5.1
A person with very strong enthusiasm for a cause who ignores reason
33
9.0
A person who strongly supports certain ideas and ignores practical facts
19
7.5
A person who refuses to change their beliefs, especially in politics
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7.9
A person who strongly supports a set of political or social beliefs
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9.9
A person who sticks to fixed ideas and refuses to change them even if they do not work
A person who refuses to change their mind or actions
Antonyms
How Dogmatic
- Offensive
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8.1
- Formal
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9.9
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9.0
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8.4
343
3.2
- US
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4.1
- Formal
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dogmatist comes from the Greek word dogma, meaning 'opinion' or 'teaching', and the ending -ist, meaning 'a person'. Picture someone who holds one 'teaching' tightly and does not listen to other ideas, which is why a dogmatist is a person who stubbornly sticks to their own beliefs.