dogmatizer

noun

Definition of dogmatizernext
as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices in his foreign policy speech the secretary of state showed that he is anything but a dogmatizer

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  1. partisan
  2. dogmatist
  3. sectarian
Noun
  • Political polarization in this country is such that partisans look at each other with mutual incomprehension.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • There are some hardcore partisans who'd just like their party to run everything.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of partisan
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Definition of dogmatist
Noun
  • 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
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
Definition of sectarian
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