dogmatist

  • 101pedagogue — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Instructor] Syn. schoolmaster, educator, lecturer; see teacher 1 , 2 . 2. [Dogmatist] Syn. pedant, sophist, know it all; see bigot , pedant . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who educates: educator, instructor, teacher,… …

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  • 102Certainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Certainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 certainty certainty Sgm: N 1 necessity necessity &c. 601 Sgm: N 1 certitude certitude surety assurance Sgm: N 1 dead certainty dead certainty moral certainty …

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  • 103Obstinacy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obstinacy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obstinateness obstinateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy tenacity Sgm: N 1 cussedness cussedness =>(U.S.) Sgm: N 1 perseverance perseverance &c. 604a …

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  • 104Blusterer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blusterer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blusterer blusterer swaggerer vaporer roisterer brawler Sgm: N 1 fanfaron fanfaron Sgm: N 1 braggart braggart &c.(boaster) 884 Sgm: N 1 bully bul …

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  • 105dogmatic — dog|mat|ic [dɔgˈmætık US do:g , da:g ] adj someone who is dogmatic is completely certain of their beliefs and expects other people to accept them without arguing ▪ Her staff find her bossy and dogmatic. >dogmatically [ kli] adv >dogmatism… …

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  • 106dogmatism — [[t]dɒ̱gmətɪzəm, AM dɔ͟ːg [/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to an opinion as dogmatism, you are criticizing it for being strongly stated without considering all the relevant facts or other people s opinions. We cannot allow dogmatism to… …

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  • 107dogmatic — [dɒg matɪk] adjective inclined to assert principles or opinions as incontrovertibly true. Derivatives dogmatically adverb dogmatism noun dogmatist noun Origin C17: via late L. from Gk dogmatikos, from dogma, dogmat (see dogma) …

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  • 108bigot — n. Zealot, fanatic, dogmatist …

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  • 109dogmatism (U) — attitudes or behaviour that are dogmatic dogmatist noun (C) …

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  • 110bigot — noun he was denounced as an anti Catholic bigot Syn: chauvinist, partisan, sectarian; racist, sexist, homophobe, dogmatist, jingoist See note at zealot …

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