-məd.ə̇st, -mətə̇- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French dogmatiste, from Medieval Latin dogmatista, from Greek dogmatistēs, from dogmatizein
1. : a person who believes in or propounds dogmatism : a member of a dogmatic school (as of philosophy)
2. archaic : a propounder of new dogma
3. : a person who dogmatizes or employs dogmatic methods of exposition ; sometimes : a presumptuously dogmatic person