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dogmatism Definition

dog·ma·tism (dôg′mə tiz′əm, däg′-)

noun

dogmatic assertion of opinion, usually without reference to evidence

Etymology: Fr dogmatisme < ML dogmatismus < Gr dogmatizein, to lay down a decree: see dogma

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dogmatism Synonyms

dogmatism

n.

opinionatedness, peremptoriness, positiveness; see belief 1, certainty 1.

dogmatism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • avoid: At a public meeting in Amsterdam on September 8 1872, to celebrate the congress, Marx stressed the need to avoid dogmatism.

Adjective modifier

  • religious: However, she was not nearly as concerned with religious dogmatism as were her siblings.
  • pure: It is a vain thing to urge that science has not admitted this contention, and that the statement is pure dogmatism.
  • excessive: I think maybe his excessive dogmatism and reductionism came from the realization that pretty solid ground is needed for the attack on such systems.
  • such: The committee could not understand such dogmatism and haste.
dogmatism Quotes

   The party must protect itself against the activities of small groups of inflexible political persuasion†having in common only their arrogant dogmatism† I have no wish to lead a party of political zombies.

—Wilson of Rievaulx, (James) Harold Wilson, Baron

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

—Osler, Sir William

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