Dogmatic

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  • adjective. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner.
  • adjective. Characterized by such assertion, often with an unconsidered rejection of criticism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of a dogma or an authoritatively settled doctrine; pertaining to dogma or authoritative doctrine in general: as, dogmatic theology.
  • Asserting, or disposed to make positive assertions of, opinion, doctrine, or fact without presenting argument or evidence, or in an overbearing and arrogant manner.
  • In the Kantian philosophy, relating to that kind of metaphysics which deduces its doctrines syllogistically, or from the analysis of conceptions, setting out with those which seem perfectly clear and distinct: opposed to critical.
  • noun. Same as dogmatics.
  • noun. A dogmatist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
  • adjective. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.
  • adjective. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.
  • adjective. Same as Dogmatics.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
  • adjective. Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
  • adjective. Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  • adjective. relating to or involving dogma
  • adjective. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
  • Word Usage
    "If so, it seems that the term dogmatic has really lost all meaning, and can be applied to anyone who believes that the priciples they live by preclude certain solutions to certain problems."
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