as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices
a dogmatist as far as economics are concerned, he's an unquestioning supporter of the supply-side theory
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Recent Examples of dogmatist
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.
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Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
While seeing themselves as the forces of enlightenment, these folks who use the prince of darkness as their mascot are really intolerant dogmatists.
—Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Americans, even or especially historians, tend to treat the early New Englanders as dogmatists: narrow, pious simpletons.
—Marilynne Robinson, Harper's Magazine, 1 July 2022
But even at its height, this view only gained currency among a very small cohort of sectarian dogmatists.
—Adolph Reed Jr., The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
Which brings us to the flaw in this admirable book: Mr. King is a purist and a dogmatist whose tastes, though deep, are freakishly narrow.
—Evan Eisenberg, WSJ, 24 May 2018
Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
While seeing themselves as the forces of enlightenment, these folks who use the prince of darkness as their mascot are really intolerant dogmatists.
—Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Americans, even or especially historians, tend to treat the early New Englanders as dogmatists: narrow, pious simpletons.
—Marilynne Robinson, Harper's Magazine, 1 July 2022
But even at its height, this view only gained currency among a very small cohort of sectarian dogmatists.
—Adolph Reed Jr., The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
Which brings us to the flaw in this admirable book: Mr. King is a purist and a dogmatist whose tastes, though deep, are freakishly narrow.
—Evan Eisenberg, WSJ, 24 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogmatist
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The city became a kind of parable of the strains that accompany a sudden influx of migrants, such as rising rents and longer wait times for medical and social services, making Springfield fodder for pro-Trump partisans who then used racist claims to bring it to a national audience.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2024
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And Florida's Amendment 1 would make school board elections in the Sunshine State partisan.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
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Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it.Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Regrettably, anyone who expressed even mild objections to DEI could be branded as a reprehensible bigot who needed immediate reeducation, thereby creating a demand for even more progressive-indoctrination sessions.The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
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