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dogmatic
/dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/
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What does dogmatic mean?
adjective
- 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.
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noun
- One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.
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It has certainly done much to clear our religious foundations of the dogmatic rust which was eating into their structure.
Governor Bernard addressed the representatives in a supercilious and dogmatic manner, which they for their part resented with scant courtesy.
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There is no subject of economic discussion so intricate and so likely to evoke differing views and dogmatic statements as this one.
From the dogmatic point of view he is the best known, from the historic point of view he is the least known.
Is it necessary to remind this journal that it has no right to deride a dogmatic philosopher, because it is without a doctrine itself?