dogmatism

[ dawg-muh-tiz-uhm, dog- ]

/ ˈdɔg məˌtɪz əm, ˈdɒg- /

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noun

dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.

Origin of dogmatism

1595–1605; <Late Latin dogmatismus, equivalent to Latin dogmat(icus) dogmatic + -ismus-ism; replacing dogmatisme<French

OTHER WORDS FROM dogmatism

an·ti·dog·ma·tism, nouno·ver·dog·ma·tism, noun

Words nearby dogmatism

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Example sentences from the Web for dogmatism

I thought him ten years less, and he spoke with the dogmatism of youth.
The Grey Room|Eden Phillpotts
But on the other side the complete solution of this problem leads either to Spinozistic or to Leibnitzian dogmatism.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography.|Solomon Maimon
She talked like a professor, and with all the dogmatism of one.
Meccania|Owen Gregory
I shall term the thesis, in view of its essential characteristic, the dogmatism of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

The question has become a real one; not to be answered now by the dogmatism and dialectic of a system.
Milton|Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh