noun
- a person who lays down principles as incontrovertibly true, without regard to evidence or the opinions of others
Usage: often used critically or disapprovingly
Examples
- The professor was criticized for being a dogmatist who refused to consider alternative theories.
- A dogmatist insists their beliefs are correct without listening to counterarguments.
- She rejected the dogmatist approach to education in favor of encouraging critical thinking.
- The political dogmatist would not budge from his rigid ideology.
- Unlike a dogmatist, a true scientist remains open to new evidence.
- His dogmatist stance on religion made it difficult for him to have respectful conversations with people of different faiths.