Definition of dogmatistnext
as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices a dogmatist as far as economics are concerned, he's an unquestioning supporter of the supply-side theory

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Recent Examples of dogmatist Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe? — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025 Although not a dogmatist, Xi cares deeply about ideology and has even blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union in part on Moscow’s failure to ensure that people took Marxism-Leninism seriously. — Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024 While seeing themselves as the forces of enlightenment, these folks who use the prince of darkness as their mascot are really intolerant dogmatists. — Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024 But even at its height, this view only gained currency among a very small cohort of sectarian dogmatists. — Adolph Reed Jr., The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
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Noun
  • But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Overwhelming shares of partisans support their party’s candidates – 98% of Democratic likely voters and 96% of Republican likely voters each support their party candidates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Although the hockey mask never appears, Kane lovingly re-creates exact scenes from the original movie to offer flashes of eye candy to Jason fanatics.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The blueprint included the recruitment of mercenaries and exploiting the grievances of disaffected citizens, from religious fanatics and extremists to soccer fans.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Especially when those people have been repeatedly called racists and bigots.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Rising antisemitic hate-crime stats suggest the proliferation of deranged bigots terrorizing the Jewish community, some who may go on to commit deadly crimes if they are not apprehended.
    — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023

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“Dogmatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogmatist. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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