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dog·mat·ic  (dôg-mtk, dg-)
adj.
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma.
2. Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles. See Synonyms at dictatorial.

[Late Latin dogmaticus, from Greek dogmatikos, from dogma, dogmat-, belief; see dogma.]

dog·mati·cal·ly adv.

dogmatic
Adjective
habitually stating one's opinions in a forceful or arrogant manner
dogmatically adv
dogmatism n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dogmatic - characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
narrow-minded, narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
2.dogmatic - of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
3.dogmatic - relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"

dogmatic
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Spanish dogmatic [dɔgˈmætɪk] adjdogmático
French dogmatic [dɔgˈmætɪk] adjdogmatique
German dogmatic [dɔgˈmætɪk] dogma adjdogmatisch
Italian dogmatic [dɔgˈmætɪk] adjdogmatico/a

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The question is this: Monsieur the Principal thinks that my thesis ought to be dogmatic and didactic.
You have merely made a few excited and dogmatic assertions about my mental caliber.
There is one sentence in it, however--namely: `I protest strongly against the insufferable and entirely dogmatic assertion that each separate id is a microcosm possessed of an historical architecture elaborated slowly through the series of generations.
 
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