dogmatist

English

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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.
   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• dogmatician

Related terms

• dogmatic
• dogmatism

Translations

stubborn, assertive, opinionated person

• Dutch: dogmaticus (nl) m
• French: dogmatiste (fr) m or f
• German: Dogmatiker (de) m
• Hungarian: dogmatikus (hu)
• Korean: 원칙주의자 (wonchikjuuija)
• Swedish: rättshaverist (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dogmatiste.

Noun

dogmatist m (plural dogmatiști)

1. dogmatist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dogmatist	dogmatistul		dogmatiști	dogmatiștii
genitive-dative	dogmatist	dogmatistului		dogmatiști	dogmatiștilor
vocative	dogmatistule			dogmatiștilor