dogmatist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dogmatist
    n 1: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions [syn:
         {dogmatist}, {doctrinaire}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dogmatist \Dog"ma*tist\, n. [L. dogmatistes, Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
   One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and
   arrogant advancer of principles.
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         I expect but little success of all this upon the
         dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to
         argument.                                -- Glanvill.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "dogmatist":
      ass, bigot, bitter-ender, bullethead, chauvinist, diehard,
      doctrinaire, dogmatizer, donkey, fanatic, hardnose, illiberal,
      infallibilist, intolerant, intransigeant, intransigent, jingo,
      last-ditcher, male chauvinist, maverick, mule, opinionist,
      perverse fool, pig, pighead, positivist, purist, racist, sexist,
      standpat, standpatter, stickler, superpatriot, ultranationalist
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