dogmatic
- adjective
- /dɔɡˈmætɪk/
- It is, it is a very dogmatic and rigid ideology and it's authoritarianism.
- dogmatic theology
- dogmatic belief
- dogmatic assertions
I don't, I'm not dogmatic at all.
- I don't, I'm not dogmatic at all.
- And that I think, made him a very dogmatic minister too.
- It brings out a dogmatic zealotry in people that drives me bananas.
- So both team, both sides are very dogmatic.
- The problem is with dogmatic religion that is the one that harms people.
- And, and, and so, and a lot of that comes because we've had imprecise language and it's easy to become dogmatic and to not understand the limits.
- Why it became like this is the dogmatic religious beliefs which did not allow people to think for themselves.
- But that's the that's what happens when you have a dogmatic quasi religious cult that these things don't actually make any sense.
Examples
-
The teacher's dogmatic approach left little room for student discussion.
-
We don't need to be dogmatic.
-
And that I think, made him a very dogmatic minister too.
-
As for myself, I would like to avoid any dogmatic position on that question.
Academic text (1992) -
There is nothing clever about being dogmatic about these things.
-
And I, for my part, want no more to do with dogmatic theories.
Fiction book (1993) -
People get stuck, they become so dogmatic, they become so convinced that they're right.
-
Kerry's a bit too dogmatic.
-
I don't, I'm not dogmatic at all.
-
I mean, I thought it was, you know, satirically searing without being dogmatic, and it was personal without being preachy.
Synonyms
Showing strong ideas and not willing to listen to others
Sticking to fixed ideas and refusing to change them even if they do not work
Holding an opinion as certainly true even without proof
Antonyms
How Dogmatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dogmatic comes from the Greek word dogma, meaning 'opinion' or 'rule', and from dokein, which means 'to think'. So, to be dogmatic is to act as if your beliefs are the only right ones and not accept other views.