DOGMATIZER Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

dogmatizer

noun

as in partisan

one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices in his foreign policy speech the secretary of state showed that he is anything but a dogmatizer

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Noun

As a result, partisans of the political left and right routinely use allegations of plagiarism to vilify their ideological adversaries.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
This is what happens when the federal government becomes the plaything of a petty partisan gone mad.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of partisan

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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

Definition of dogmatist

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What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Croissant lovers, cookie fanatics and cake devotees — this one’s for you.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of fanatic

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