dogmatize

American  

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

especially British, dogmatise

verb (used without object)

dogmatized, dogmatizing

1. to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.

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verb (used with object)

dogmatized, dogmatizing

1. to assert or deliver as a dogma.

dogmatize British  

/ ˈdɒɡməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. 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

The course of ileitis is so variable that doctors cannot dogmatize about the outcome of an individual case.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Here again we do not wish to dogmatize, in apparent lack of scientific data, and assert that we need feel no apprehension.

From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi

But this is not a matter to dogmatize about.

From Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People by Brown, John

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

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