dogmatize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of dogmatize
1605–15; < Late Latin dogmatizāre, equivalent to Latin dogmat ( icus ) dogmatic + -izāre -ize
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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
Therefore this is a time to describe rather than to dogmatize, and it is description which is the characteristic mark of the important series of papers which constitute the several chapters in the present volume.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul
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.
"It may be," said Pastor Lindal; "but in all such matters we may dogmatize, and be very wide of the mark, although we cannot deny the possibility."
From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford
In the small book, Dei Doceri, I have shown my inclination to avoid being absolute in my judgments, a too common error, especially with minds that dogmatize passionately.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell
Mr. Delrahim himself, in academic life, had dogmatized that Comcast-style solutions were too “regulatory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2018
Watch Smith" they dogmatized, "let me tell you something .
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the first generation of disciples dogmatized about him, instead of narrating his life,—a task which to them would have seemed of little profit.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
The question of Matrimony was one of those on which the early heretics freely dogmatized.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
But we, at any rate, slept well, for we had never dogmatized about a butterfly's feelings.
From Not that it Matters by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
And remember, please, that dogmatizing about punctuation is exactly as foolish as dogmatizing about any other form of communication with the reader.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
I say not this, with the least design of limiting the Stage too servilely to twenty-four hours: however he be pleased to tax me with dogmatizing in that point.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor
I think I had better stop dogmatizing, Tom.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
He has to learn to live with others who differ from him in their dogmatizing.
From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.
Moral reasons have given rise to laws of protection in marriage, but the mania which man possesses of dogmatizing on everything has often caused these laws to degenerate into abuse or religious absurdities.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
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