dog|mat|ic

dog|mat|ic
dog|mat|ic «dg MAT ihk, dog-», adjective.
1. of or having to do with dogma; doctrinal.
2. Figurative. positive and emphatic in asserting opinions; overbearing: »

The audience disliked the speaker's dogmatic manner in stating his opinions as if they were facts. He is no longer interrogative but dogmatic (Benjamin Jowett).

3. Figurative. asserted in a positive and emphatic manner: »

He has no evidence to prove his dogmatic statement that the textbook was wrong.…dogmatic jargon learnt by heart (John Gay).

dog|mat´i|cal|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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