- of or like dogma; doctrinal
- stating opinion in an assertive or arrogant manneralso dog·mat′i·cal
Origin of dogmatic
Classical Latin dogmaticus from Classical Greek dogmatikos
adjective
The definition of dogmatic is the strong expression of opinions as if they were facts.
An example of dogmatic is insisting that a feminist view is the one and only way to look at literature.
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adjective
- Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma.
- a. Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner: “People in recovery groups can be dogmatic, asserting that the group's way is 'the way' or bashing other approaches” ( Anne M. Fletcher )b. Characterized by such assertion, often with an unconsidered rejection of criticism: a dogmatic adherence to a single educational model.
Origin of dogmatic
Late Latin dogmaticus from Greek dogmatikos from dogma dogmat- belief ; see dogma .Related Forms:
- dog·mat′i·cal·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more dogmatic, superlative most dogmatic)
- (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
(plural dogmatics)
- One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.
Origin
From French dogmatique, from Late Latin dogmaticus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikos, “didactic”), from δόγμα (dogma, “dogma”).
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Sentence Examples
- Whatever its faults may be - and it is for our successors to judge of these - there is this to be said in its favour: that it is in nowise dogmatic. The eloquence of facts appeals to the scientific mind nowadays much more than the assertion of crude and unproven principles.
- Its head is the tsar; but although he makes and annuls all appointments, he does not determine questions of dogmatic theology.
- Catholic in spirit rather than dogmatic, John ranks himself at times among the Academics, " since, in those things about which a wise man may doubt, I depart not from their footsteps."
- Divine revelation and of a great institution like the Christian church suggested the possibility of enlisting scepticism in the service of dogmatic faith.
- On this method the sacred writings are regarded as an inexhaustible mine of philosophical and dogmatic wisdom; in reality the exegete reads his own ideas into any passage he chooses.
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