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dog⋅ma⋅tize

[dawg-muh-tahyz, dog-] verb, -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
–verb (used with object)
2. to assert or deliver as a dogma.
Also, especially British, dog⋅ma⋅tise.


Origin:
1605–15; < LL dogmatizāre, equiv. to L dogmat(icus) dogmatic + -izāre -ize


dog⋅ma⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
dog⋅ma⋅tiz⋅er, noun
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dog·ma·tize   (dôg'mə-tīz', dŏg'-)   
v.   dog·ma·tized, dog·ma·tiz·ing, dog·ma·tiz·es

v.   intr.
To express oneself dogmatically in writing or speech.
v.   tr.
To proclaim as dogma.
dog'ma·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.
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