dogmatize

American

[dawg-muh-tahyz, dog-] / ˈdɔg məˌtaɪz, ˈdɒg- /

especially British, dogmatise

verb (used without object)

dogmatized, dogmatizing

to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.

verb (used with object)

dogmatized, dogmatizing

to assert or deliver as a dogma.

dogmatize British

/ ˈdɒɡməˌtaɪz /

verb

to say or state (something) in a dogmatic manner

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Other Word Forms

dogmatism noun
dogmatization noun
dogmatizer noun

Etymology

Origin of dogmatize

1605–15; < Late Latin dogmatizāre, equivalent to Latin dogmat ( icus ) dogmatic + -izāre -ize

Example Sentences

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“Professors as a class,” Holmes remarked, “dogmatize on unrealities.”

From New York Times

I do not care to dogmatize, or predict, or make guesses of any kind.

From Project Gutenberg

Let genius talk of abstract beauty, and philosophers dogmatize on order.

From Project Gutenberg

One is tempted to linger over that moment when Quixote ceased to experiment and began to dogmatize.

From Project Gutenberg

The question may be argued from many points of view, and we put forward these remarks simply as suggestions, without any wish to dogmatize.

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