dogmatist
111fanatic — noun 1) a religious fanatic Syn: zealot, extremist, militant, dogmatist, devotee, adherent; sectarian, bigot, partisan, radical, diehard; informal maniac See note at zealot 2) informal …
112pedant — noun pedants insist that the twenty first century starts with 2001 Syn: dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire, perfectionist; quibbler, hair splitter, casuist, sophist; informal nitpicker …
113purist — noun the quilting purist doesn t want to hear the words sewing machine Syn: pedant, perfectionist, formalist, literalist, stickler, traditionalist, doctrinaire, quibbler, dogmatist; informal nitpicker …
114zealot — noun York was too much of a zealot for the party to endorse seriously Syn: fanatic, enthusiast, extremist, radical, young Turk, diehard, true believer, activist, militant; bigot, dogmatist, sectarian, partisan; informal fiend, maniac, ultra, nut; …
115doctrinaire — adj 1. dogmatic, dogmatical, doctrinal; authoritarian, domineering, imperious, overbearing, pushing, Inf. pushy; assertive, insistent, emphatic, imperative, authoritative; opinionated, bigoted, prejudiced, biased, one sided, narrow minded,… …
116pedant — n 1. intellectual, pedagogue, Inf. know it all; bibliophile, bookworm, scholar, highbrow, Inf. egghead, Inf. walking encyclopedia; aesthete, Inf. longhair, bluestocking; platitudinizer, Inf. bromide, bore, stuffed shirt; attitudinarian,… …
117purist — n classicist, Atticist, Hellenist; precisionist, precieux or prdcieuse, blue stocking, Fr. bas bleu. formalizes pedant, stickler, intransigent, dogmatist, posi tivist, fanatic, Inf. diehard, Inf. bitterender …
118puritan — n pietist, zealot, religionist, fanatic; formalist, precisian, dogmatist; moralist, prude, blue nose, stuffed shirt, pharisee, tartuffe …
119sectarian — adj 1. cultish, cultist, denominational, partisan; narrow, confined, limited; narrow minded, insular, provincial, bigoted, prejudicial, prejudiced, partial; dogmatic, orthodox, hyperorthodox; absolute, doctrinaire, uncatholic; categorical, creed… …
120fanatic — noun Syn: extremist, militant, dogmatist, bigot, zealot, radical, diehard; informal maniac …
