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dogmatism

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[dawg-muh-tiz-uhm, dog-] / ˈdɔg məˌtɪz əm, ˈdɒg- /

noun

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


Other Word Forms

  • antidogmatism noun
  • overdogmatism noun

Etymology

Origin of dogmatism

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

Example Sentences

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This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Joseph de Maistre was "a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist ... always and everywhere the champion of the hardest, narrowest and most inflexible dogmatism."

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

The show’s goal isn’t to change anyone’s mind, but to “replace dogmatism and ideology with curiosity and discovery,” Kamensky said.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Doubt protects us from dogmatism, which can easily morph into fanaticism and what William James calls a “premature closing of our accounts with reality.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 14, 2021

The second no longer comprehend either dogmatism or Pyrrhonism.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste