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dogmatic (iou)



dogmatic noun & adjective. E17.
[Latin dogmaticus from Greek dogmatikos, from DOGMA: see -ATIC.]
A. noun.
1. = DOGMATIST noun 1. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
2. sing. & (now usu.) in pl. (treated as sing.). A system of dogma; spec. dogmatic theology. M19.
B. adjective.
1. Of philosophy or medicine: based on a priori assumptions rather than empirical evidence. L17.
2. Concerned with propounding opinions; esp. (of a person, writing, etc.) asserting doctrines or views in an opinionated or arbitrary manner. L17.
G. Murray He lays down..lots of rules,..some of them hopelessly dogmatic and inhuman. J. K. Galbraith When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
3. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a (religious) dogma or dogmas; doctrinal. L17.
dogmatic THEOLOGY.
J. S. Mill A..Christian in all but the dogmatic sense of the word.
dogmatician noun an expert in or student of dogmatics M19.