dogmatize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dogmatize
1605–15; < Late Latin dogmatizāre, equivalent to Latin dogmat ( icus ) dogmatic + -izāre -ize
Example Sentences
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The course of ileitis is so variable that doctors cannot dogmatize about the outcome of an individual case.
From Time Magazine Archive
But look at all which precedes; and then say if those are the remarks of a man entitled to dogmatize "On the Interpretation of Scripture."
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William
Let genius talk of abstract beauty, and philosophers dogmatize on order.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
Well, you may be right:" I replied smiling; "we really know so little about these things as yet that it's impossible to dogmatize in any particular instance.
From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant
It does not seem to me good science or good sense to dogmatize about what this race will know, or what will be its tools of thought.
From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton
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