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dogmatist

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dog⋅ma⋅tist

  [dawg-muh-tist, dog-]
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–noun
1. a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
2. a person who lays down dogmas.
Origin:
1535–45; < ML dogmatista, equiv. to dogmat(izāre) to dogmatize + -ista -ist
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dog·ma·tist   (dôg'mə-tĭst, dŏg'-)   
n.  

  1. An arrogantly assertive person.

  2. One who expresses or sets forth dogma.

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