1.
[syn: dogmatic, dogmatical]
2. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative;
3. relating to or involving dogma;
- Example: "dogmatic writings"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dogmatic \dog*mat"ic\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k), n.
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general
principles; -- opposed to the Empiric. dogmatic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dogmatic \dog*mat"ic\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k), dogmatical
\dog*mat`ic*al\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr.
dogmatiko`s, fr. do`gma: cf. F. dogmatique.]
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized
doctrine or tenet.
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2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively;
positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative;
overbearing.
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Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. --
Spectator.
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[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they
were omniscient. -- Glanvill.
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Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.
Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dogmatic
adj 1: characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable
principles [syn: dogmatic, dogmatical]
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code
of beliefs accepted as authoritative
3: relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"