dogmatizer means one who dogmatizes; a bold asserter. It carries an Arena rating of 1234, earned across 250 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dogmatizer ranks #3,317 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,675 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #8,249 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #9,501 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “dogmatizer” is a great word
DOGMATIZER — [Noun] One who asserts opinions in an arrogant, authoritative, and doctrinaire manner. From dogmatize (from Late Latin dogmatizāre, from Greek dogmatízein, from dógma 'opinion, belief') + the agent-noun suffix -er. First attested in English in 1600. Unlike a skeptic, who questions accepted opinions, or a theorist, who proposes reasoned explanations, a dogmatizer decrees personal doctrine as immutable law. He is the rigid finger jabbing the air, the unyielding tone that silences a room, the closed book that tolerates no others beside it—a fortress of certainty built against the terrifying draft of doubt.
Etymology
From dogmatize + -er.
noun
- One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
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