dogmatic synonyms

dogmatic

modif.

  1. Based on an assumption of absolute truth

    doctrinal, categorical, canonical, unchangeable, inevitable, immovable, unqualified, eternal, positive, authoritative, systematic, orthodox, formal, ex cathedra, pontifical, imperative, peremptory, theoretical, axiomatic, unerring, by fiat, on faith, as a matter of course, by nature, by God's will, by natural law; see also absolute 1.

    Antonyms irresolute*, uncertain*, whimsical. *

  2. Acting as though one possessed absolute truth

    dictatorial, doctrinaire, opinionated, arbitrary, overbearing, arrogant, egotistical, bigoted, fanatical, intolerant, imperious, magisterial, domineering, authoritarian, pontifical, positive, peremptory, oracular, tyrannical, fascistic, despotic, obstinate, confident, downright, unequivocal, definite, stubborn, determined, emphatic, insistent, obdurate, closed-minded, narrow-minded, wrongheaded, one-sided, wedded to an opinion, hidebound, high and mighty*, stiff-necked*, hard-shell*, pushy*, pigheaded*, bullheaded*; see also absolute 3, autocratic 1, obstinate.

    Antonyms tolerant, dubious, flexible.

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