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
Speaking individually, I prefer rather to examine into the ways of Providence—i.e., of the Almighty, without framing any theory of right and wrong, than to dogmatize upon what He must intend by this or that.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
It would be unsafe to dogmatize on the basis of such meager material.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
"Thus, before we can dogmatize upon on to logical subjects, we must settle this question—Can we transcend the sphere of our consciousness, and know things per se?"
From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles
In face of these opinions I cannot presume to dogmatize on the subject.
From Naval Warfare by Thursfield, James R.
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
Metaphysicians scrutinized the humble and sweet mystery, overlaid it with definitions, harmonized it with ancient systems, dogmatized it, made it hard, and subtle, and uninspiring.
From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Tolstoy dogmatized about lady-like charity, apropos of Turgenieff's daughter.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Calderon, George
Another dogmatized thus: "Don't teese cats, for firstly, it is wrong so to do; and 2nd, cats have clawses which is longer than people think."
From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine
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
He had been arrested at Madrid, in 1562, as a dogmatizing Lutheran, and after remaining for a long time in the prisons at Toledo, he contrived to make his escape.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
Interesting constitutional questions will inevitably arise in teaching this section, but the events are too recent to admit of dogmatizing on lines of policy.
From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward
I think I had better stop dogmatizing, Tom.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
It is not a matter for abstract dogmatizing to decide when this point is reached; it is a matter to be tested by practical experiment.
From African and European Addresses by Roosevelt, Theodore
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