Preposition: that

• universe: It is hard to be totally dogmatic that the universe is meaningless, especially when so few people around you really believe it.

Preposition: on

• point: However, since Justin does not address this issue directly, it is impossible to be dogmatic on this point.

Modifies a noun

• insistence: Dropping the dogmatic insistence on a private company is a good start.

• slumber: Kant said it roused him from his " dogmatic slumber " to write the Critique of pure reason.

• assertion: I fear that this sort of dogmatic assertion tends to stifle discussion over a very serious issue.

• theology: Yet a dogmatic theology, Barth maintains, must also inquire into the truth of its message.

• stance: Did he modify his dogmatic stance to suit the sensibilities of his opponents?

• certainty: He does not cling to dogmatic certainty, nor vainly imagine such certainty to be attainable.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Perhaps we are all being a bit too dogmatic.

• so: I would not be so dogmatic as some people.

• very: Her theology was rather hard and narrow, and very dogmatic.

• not: Unlike Labor our party is open-minded, not dogmatic.

• rather: This research-led ' modern ' grammar is very different from the rather dogmatic ' traditional ' grammar of the early 20th century.

• quite: I'm sorry to be so evasive, but one cannot be quite dogmatic about all that.

Used with adjective complement

• become: And you become dogmatic because you believe truth can be nailed down in words.

• seem: This tends to a definiteness which may seem dogmatic, but this is not intentional.

• appear: I thought of using the term 'chemical straightjacket ' but I didn't want to appear too dogmatic because neither did she.

• get: And you remember not to get dogmatic about it because words and concepts are only relative.

• impose: Showing students creative, receptive understanding means taking care not to impose dogmatic, judgemental demand on them ( Zimmer and Alexander ).

• sound: I don't know if this will sound very dogmatic, but it I see it happening and I practice it.