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

Harald paid tribute to the Norwegian partisans who had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, helping to restore the memory of a segment of the population that had long been marginalized in the official narrative of the war.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of partisan

Noun

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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Slow Horses fanatics will recognize her as one of the veteran MI5 operatives stuck in the agency’s version of purgatory, known as Slough House.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
Nineteen fanatics, acting in the name of Islam, killed 2,997 innocent men, women and children in New York City, in Washington, and on airplanes turned into weapons of mass murder.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

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