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dogmatize, v.|ˈdɒgmətaɪz|
[ad. F. dogmatise-r (13th c.), ad. med.L. dogmatizāre to propound dogma, ad. Gr. δογµατίζειν to lay down as one's opinion, to decree, f. δόγµα, δογµατ- dogma.]
1. intr. To make dogmatic assertions; to speak authoritatively or imperiously (upon a subject) without reference to argument or evidence.
1611Bible Transl. Pref. 11 To admonish the Reader..not to conclude or dogmatize vpon this or that peremptorily. 1742Pope Dunc. iv. 464 Prompt to impose, and fond to dogmatize. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 37 These old fanaticks..dogmatised as if hereditary royalty was the only lawful government. 1840Carlyle Heroes i. (1872) 22 A question which nobody would wish to dogmatise upon.
†b. See quots.: cf. dogmatist 2, and F. dogmatiser, ‘to teach strange doctrine..or broach new opinions’ (Cotgr.). Obs.
1613Crt. & Times Jas. I (1849) I. 262 The king..was so moved that he should dogmatize (as he called it) in his court. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), To Dogmatize, to teach new Opinions, to contest the Truths of Religion.
2. trans. To assert or deliver as a dogma; to establish as a matter of dogma; to state dogmatically; to express in the form of a dogma. Now rare.
1621Bp. H. King Serm. 60 Hee..dogmatizes them for truth. 1626W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 104 When were these dogmatized and decretally stablished for catholique doctrine? 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. xiv. §4 (L.) They would not endure Persons that did dogmatize any thing which might intrench upon their Reputation or their Interest. 1893N. Smyth Chr. Ethics i. ii. i. §2. 95 Their hope, as well as their law, had become..increasingly dogmatized.
3. to dogmatize away, to do away with by dogmatic assertion.
1829Macaulay Mill on Govt. Misc. Writ. (1889) 174 He placidly dogmatises away the interest of one half of the human race.
Hence ˈdogmatized ppl. a., ˈdogmatizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1641J. Tombes Leaven of Pharisaicall Wil-worship (1643) 2 The Apostle condemnes dogmatizing. 1712Blackmore Creation iii. 42 Dogmatizing Schools. 1865Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. Introd. (1866) 27 A theory or dogmatized scheme of the incarnate life. |