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Zealot vs Dogmatic - What's the difference?

zealot | dogmatic |

As nouns the difference between zealot and dogmatic

is that zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic while dogmatic is one of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.

As an adjective dogmatic is

(philosophy|medicine) adhering only to principles which are true a priori , rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.

zealot

English

(wikipedia zealot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
  • (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
  • (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

    • Quotations

    * 1733': For modes of faith, let graceless '''zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, ''Essay on Man, Epistle III * 1892': Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed '''zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, ''Buddha at Kamakura

    Synonyms

    * enthusiast * fanatic

    Related terms

    () * jealous * jealousy * zeal * zealotry * zealous

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    dogmatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dogmatical

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori , rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
  • Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
  • Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.
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