Definition of Dogmatist

1. Noun. A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.

Exact synonyms: Doctrinaire
Generic synonyms: Drumbeater, Partisan, Zealot
Derivative terms: Doctrinaire, Dogmatise, Dogmatise, Dogmatism, Dogmatize, Dogmatize

Definition of Dogmatist

1. n. One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.

Definition of Dogmatist

1. Noun. A stubborn, assertive, opinionated person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dogmatist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dogmatist

1. A follower of the dogmatic school. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogmatist

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Literary usage of Dogmatist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt (1912)
"One thing just as dogmatist he does not do, and that is to deny any of the existential ... In particular the dogmatist's objections will differ somewhat for ..."

2. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt, Walter Taylor Marvin, William Pepperell Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Walter B. Pitkin, Edward Gleason Spaulding (1912)
"What does the dogmatist teach in opposition? One thing just as dogmatist he does not do, and that is to deny any of the existential propositions of ..."

3. Representative Modern Preachers by Lewis Orsmond Brastow (1904)
"II NEWMAN THE ECCLESIASTICAL Dogmatist When Newman entered the Roman church he went home. It was a plunge as into his native element. ..."

4. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Catechism,— that which the catechist teaches. Dogmatism,—that which the dogmatist practises ; the habit, the manner of a ..."

5. The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture: A Critical, Historical, and Dogmatic by George Trumbull Ladd (1883)
"But, supposing the extreme literalist and dogmatist to be somehow justified in approaching the Bible as the only rule of faith while, at the same time, ..."

6. Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs (1884)
"When Mr. Field's " Village Dogmatist" was asked what caused the rain, or the fog, —he leaned upon his cane and answered with an air of profound wisdom, ..."

7. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Dogmatist.—What a difference! My proofs admit of no reply; ... Dogmatist.—Infidel wretch! It is plain that the grace of God doth not speak to thy ..."

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