dogmatic
UK/dɒɡˈmæt.ɪk//dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/
dogmatic adjective: adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
Adjective
dogmatic (comparative more dogmatic, superlative most dogmatic)
- Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
- Dogmatic philosophies have sought for tests for truth which might dispense us from appealing to the future. Some direct mark, by noting which we can be protected immediately and absolutely, now and forever, against all mistake—such has been the darling dream of philosophic dogmatists.1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
- Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
- Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
- Ms. Allende does little to dramatize her feminist sentiments -- she simply hammers her points home with dogmatic asides, and starkly lighted tableaux of women being abused and taken advantage by men.1999 November 2, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: A Single Girl Takes On the California Frontier”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
Noun
dogmatic (plural dogmatics)
dogmatic meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
dogmatic in Urdu
- آمرانہ, کٹر مذہبی
dogmatic in Bengali
- মতান্ধ
dogmatic in Malayalam
- താത്ത്വികമായ, കർക്കശ വിശ്വാസങ്ങളുളള, കാര്യകാരണവാദിയായ, സിദ്ധാന്തത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
dogmatic in Arabic
- asserting beliefs in an arrogant way
- عَقَائِدِي ʕaqāʔidī
More languagesFewer languages
- dogmatic in Persian
- جزمی jizmî
- dogmatic in Thai
- หัวรั้น hǔua-rán
- dogmatic in Vietnamese
- giáo điều
Examples of dogmatic in a sentence
- There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
- They felt the Sussexes’ attitudes were antagonistic and patronising when not being dogmatic and insulting.
- Many languages are dogmatic about the solutions they offer for handling concurrent problems.
Forms of dogmatic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more dogmatic |
| superlative | most dogmatic |
| alternative form | dogmatical |
| Noun | |
| plural | dogmatics |
Origin of dogmatic
From Middle French dogmatique and its etymon, Late Latin dogmaticus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós, “didactic”), from δόγμα (dógma, “dogma”).
Words formed from dogmatic
Phrases with dogmatic
Questions about dogmatic
- What does dogmatic mean?
- Dogmatic means adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
- What is dogmatic in Urdu?
- Dogmatic in Urdu is آمرانہ, کٹر مذہبی. See Dogmatic meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is dogmatic?
- Dogmatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dogmatic?
- Dogmatic is pronounced /dɒɡˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near dogmatic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogmatic (page history and authors); dogmatic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dogmatic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dogmatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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