dogmatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce dogmatic in British English:
UK [dɒɡˈmætɪk]
How to pronounce dogmatic in American English:
US [dɔːɡˈmætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
- relating to or involving dogma
Word Origin
- dogmatic (adj.)
- 1670s, from Late Latin dogmaticus, from Greek dogmatikos "pertaining to doctrines," from dogma (see dogma). Related: Dogmatical (c. 1600).
Example
- 1. What is more , dogmatic legislators are not the only troublesome republican voices .
- 2. Opponents claim that the new constitution will impose a dogmatic socialism , curtail human rights and undermine property rights and the rule of law .
- 3. We don 't mean danger in the obvious heartbreak way - the cheap betrayals , the broken promises - we mean the dark danger that lurks when sensible , educated women fall for the dogmatic idea that romantic love is the ultimate goal for the modern female .
- 4. Any law which claims to be absolutely true and not empirically capable of being falsified is therefore " dogmatic " and operationally meaningless - hence , the positivist 's view that if a statement or law is not capable of being falsified empirically , it must simply be a tautologous definition .
- 5. All ideologies are based upon dogmatic assertions which are , at best , doubtful , and at worst , totally false .