'dogmatic' definitions:
Definition of 'dogmatic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles [syn: dogmatic, dogmatical]
adjective
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
adjective
Relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"
Definition of 'dogmatic'
From: GCIDE
- dogmatic \dog*mat"ic\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k), n. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric. dogmatic
Definition of 'dogmatic'
From: GCIDE
- dogmatic \dog*mat"ic\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]k), dogmatical \dog*mat`ic*al\ (d[o^]g*m[a^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatiko`s, fr. do`gma: cf. F. dogmatique.]
- 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. [1913 Webster]
- Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. -- Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. -- Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.
- Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dogmatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori,
- antiblack,
- arbitrary,
- arrogant,
- assertive,
- assured,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- balking,
- balky,
- believing,
- biased,
- bigoted,
- blind,
- bulldogged,
- bulletheaded,
- bullheaded,
- canonical,
- case-hardened,
- categorical,
- certain,
- chauvinistic,
- colored,
- conceited,
- confessional,
- confident,
- convinced,
- creedal,
- creedbound,
- deaf,
- deducible,
- derivable,
- devout,
- dictatorial,
- doctrinaire,
- doctrinal,
- doctrinarian,
- dogged,
- dogmatizing,
- domineering,
- doubtless,
- emphatic,
- evangelical,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- fideistic,
- fundamentalist,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- hidebound,
- hyperorthodox,
- imperious,
- impressed with,
- influenced,
- insistent,
- interested,
- intolerant,
- jaundiced,
- know-nothing,
- literalist,
- literalistic,
- magisterial,
- mulish,
- nonobjective,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- one-sided,
- opinionated,
- opinionative,
- opinioned,
- oracular,
- overbearing,
- overzealous,
- partial,
- partisan,
- peremptory,
- persevering,
- persuaded,
- pertinacious,
- pietistic,
- pigheaded,
- pious,
- pistic,
- pontifical,
- positive,
- positivistic,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- prejudiced,
- prepossessed,
- pronunciative,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritanical,
- pushy,
- racist,
- reasoned,
- restive,
- Sabbatarian,
- satisfied,
- secure,
- self-opinionated,
- self-opinioned,
- self-willed,
- set,
- sexist,
- sold on,
- staunch,
- stiff-necked,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- strong-willed,
- strongheaded,
- stubborn,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- superpatriotic,
- sure,
- swayed,
- tenacious,
- twisted,
- ultranationalist,
- uncooperative,
- under the impression,
- undetached,
- undispassionate,
- undoubtful,
- undoubting,
- unpersuadable,
- unregenerate,
- warped,
- willful,
- xenophobic