Dogmatic
[dɒg'mætɪk] or [dɔɡ'mætɪk]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles .
(adj.) relating to or involving dogma; 'dogmatic writings' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative .
Checker: Seymour--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
(a.) Alt. of Dogmatical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Authoritative, oracular, formal, categorical, magisterial.[2]. Positive, confident, peremptory.[3]. Arrogant, overbearing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Doctrinal, theological, imperious, dictatorial, authoritative, arrogant,magisterial, self-opinionated, positive
ANT:Practical, active, moderate, mode, diffident, vacillating
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Examples
- In the inevitable jangle of these incompatibles the church had become dogmatic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the same scholastic method is in force there, all that would be needed to crush socialism is to show its dogmatic inconsistencies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He also becomes more dogmatic and constructive, passing beyond the range either of the political or the speculative ideas of the real Socrates. Plato. The Republic.
- The theory of the four elements--the hot, the cold, the moist, the dry--led to dogmatic statements with little attempt at verification. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Their dogmatic assertion as final is unwarranted, short of the issue, in fact. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You know, Monsieur, I only see you in classe--stern, dogmatic, hastyimperious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Maris