Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being dogmatic; authoritative, positive, or arrogant assertion of doctrines or opinions.
- noun In the Kantian philosophy, a dogmatic method in metaphysics; an uncritical faith in the presumptions of reason.
- noun The doctrine of the sect of physicians known as Dogmatists.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The manner or character of a
dogmatist ; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
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Examples
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Pascal, in point of fact, embraces many points of view; and, if he leans sometimes to scepticism, he sees also the strong side of what he calls dogmatism or rational philosophy.
Pascal John Tulloch 1854
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There are many religious who share your belief that dogmatism is someone's bad attitude.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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There are many religious who share your belief that dogmatism is someone's bad attitude.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Gilfillan and Fairservice are exactly alike, and both are distinguished from Moniplies in their scornfully exclusive dogmatism, which is indeed the distinctive plague-spot of the lower evangelical sect everywhere, and the worst blight of the narrow natures, capable of its zealous profession.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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Actually I don't really mind your ardor, though your dogmatism is a bit disconcerting.
RealClimate 2009
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Actually I don't really mind your ardor, though your dogmatism is a bit disconcerting.
RealClimate 2009
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Actually I don't really mind your ardor, though your dogmatism is a bit disconcerting.
RealClimate 2009
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From UC-Berkeley, the school that told us about the "psychological factors" underpinning conservatism i.e., "fear and aggression," "dogmatism," etc., comes a brand-new effort to expand the horizons of human knowledge:
Archive 2009-03-01 Dr. Sanity 2009
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Certainly she has not let herself be won - and today every kind of dogmatism stands sad and discouraged.
"We'll have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons." Ann Althouse 2008
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I don't think that simply having a view equates to "dogmatism".
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