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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dogmático

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doɡˈma.tʃiku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dogmatist/ˈdɒɡ.mə.tɪst/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele é um dogmático que não considera outras perspectivas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who asserts opinions in an arrogant or authoritative manner, often without consideration for evidence or alternative viewpoints.

    "The dogmatist refused to entertain any ideas that contradicted his established beliefs."
  2. 2

    A member of a particular school of thought or doctrine, especially in philosophy or religion.

    "As a dogmatist, she strictly followed the tenets of her philosophical school, dismissing other perspectives."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word 'dogma', meaning opinion or tenet, through Late Latin and 16th-century French. The suffix '-ist' was added in the 17th century to denote a person who adheres to or propagates a specific set of unyielding principles or doctrines.

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