What's a word for someone who wants to voice opinions but not have them challenged?
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00:00 What'S A Word For Someone Who Wants To Voice Opinions But Not Have Them Challenged?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 13
Perhaps dogmatic?
Merriam-Webster: "expressing personal opinions or beliefs as if they are certainly correct and cannot be doubted"
or, upon looking for synonyms for dogmatic, there's doctrinaire:
dictionary.com: "dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher"
ANSWER 2
Score 5
I think self-rightous may fit:
- confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
ANSWER 3
Score 4
I would suggest autocratic, which is defined by oxforddictionaries.com as “taking no account of other people’s wishes or opinions”.
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Score 4
My suggestion is a verb, but I think pontificate is a word that describes what this person does.
Per Wordnik, there are these definitions:
To act like a pontiff; to express one’s position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
Pontificate has the connotation that the person has spoken, and he or she will brook no argument or further discussion.