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dog·ma·tism \ˈdȯgməˌtizəm also ˈdäg-\ noun (-s) Etymology: French dogmatisme, from Middle French, from Latin dogmat-, dogma + Middle French -isme -ism 1. a. : positiveness in assertion in matters of opinion : statement of a view or belief as if it were an established fact; often : marked positiveness of statement when unwarranted or arrogant b. : the use of dogmatic statement as a method of exposition < the dogmatism of Emerson's writings > 2. a. : a viewpoint or system of ideas based upon insufficiently examined premises b. : a doctrine that insists upon the existence of certain truths and is opposed to skepticism c. : philosophy grounded in principles preponderantly established by reason to the neglect of recourse to experience; specifically : an epistemologically uncritical philosophical system |