Dogmatist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dogmatist \Dog"ma*tist\, n. [L. dogmatistes, Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
     One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and
     arrogant advancer of principles.
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           I expect but little success of all this upon the


           dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to
           argument.                                -- Glanvill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dogmatist
       n : a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions [syn: {doctrinaire}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "dogmatist":
     ass, bigot, bitter-ender, bullethead, chauvinist, diehard,
     doctrinaire, dogmatizer, donkey, fanatic, hardnose, illiberal,
     infallibilist, intolerant, intransigeant, intransigent, jingo,
     last-ditcher, male chauvinist, maverick, mule, opinionist,
     perverse fool, pig, pighead, positivist, purist, racist, sexist,
     standpat, standpatter, stickler, superpatriot, ultranationalist