dogmatic
relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated: I refuse to argue with someone so dogmatic that he won't listen to reason.
Origin of dogmatic
1- Also dog·mat·i·cal .
Other words for dogmatic
Other words from dogmatic
- dog·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- dog·mat·i·cal·ness, noun
- an·ti·dog·mat·ic, adjective
- an·ti·dog·mat·i·cal, adjective
- an·ti·dog·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·dog·mat·ic, adjective
- non·dog·mat·i·cal, adjective
- non·dog·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·dog·mat·ic, adjective
- o·ver·dog·mat·i·cal, adjective
- o·ver·dog·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·dog·mat·i·cal·ness, noun
- un·dog·mat·ic, adjective
- un·dog·mat·i·cal, adjective
- un·dog·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for dogmatic
dogmatical
/ (dɒɡˈmætɪk) /
(of a statement, opinion, etc) forcibly asserted as if authoritative and unchallengeable
(of a person) prone to making such statements
of, relating to, or constituting dogma: dogmatic writings
based on assumption rather than empirical observation
Derived forms of dogmatic
- dogmatically, adverb
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