dogmatic

See also: dogmàtic

English

Alternative forms

• dogmatical

Etymology

From Middle French dogmatique and its etymon, Late Latin dogmaticus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós, “didactic”), from δόγμα (dógma, “dogma”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɒɡˈmæt.ɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [dɔɡˈmæɾ.ɪk], /dɑɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [dɑɡˈmæɾ.ɪk]

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˈdɔɡˈmæɾ.ɪk]

Adjective

dogmatic (comparative more dogmatic, superlative most dogmatic)

1. (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
   • 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     Dogmatic philosophies have sought for tests for truth which might dispense us from appealing to the future. Some direct mark, by noting which we can be protected immediately and absolutely, now and forever, against all mistake—such has been the darling dream of philosophic dogmatists.

2. Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
3. Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
   • 1999 November 2, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: A Single Girl Takes On the California Frontier”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     Ms. Allende does little to dramatize her feminist sentiments -- she simply hammers her points home with dogmatic asides, and starkly lighted tableaux of women being abused and taken advantage by men.

Derived terms

• adogmatic
• antidogmatic
• dogmatically
• dogmaticism
• dogmatic theology
• historicodogmatic
• monodogmatic
• multidogmatic
• nondogmatic
• overdogmatic
• ultradogmatic
• undogmatic

Related terms

• dogmatize
• dogmatism
• dogmatist

Translations

asserting beliefs in an arrogant way

• Albanian: dogmatik (sq)
• Arabic: عَقَائِدِي (ʕaqāʔidī)
• Armenian: դոգմատիկ (hy) (dogmatik), վարդապետական (hy) (vardapetakan)
• Azerbaijani: doqmatik
• Basque: dogmatikoa
• Belarusian: дагматычны (dahmatyčny)
• Bulgarian: догматичен (bg) (dogmatičen)
• Catalan: dogmàtic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武斷 / 武断 (zh) (wǔduàn)

• Czech: dogmatický (cs) m
• Danish: dogmatisk
• Dutch: dogmatisch (nl)
• Esperanto: dogma (eo), dogmema
• Estonian: dogmaatiline
• Finnish: dogmaattinen (fi), joustamaton (fi)
• French: dogmatique (fr)
• Galician: dogmático (gl) m
• Georgian: დოგმატური (dogmaṭuri)
• German: dogmatisch (de)
• Greek: δογματικός (el) (dogmatikós)
• Hebrew: דוגמטי, פסקני
• Hungarian: dogmatikus (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} dogmatis (id)?, ^{(please verify)} dogmatik (id)?, ^{(please verify)} kolot (id)?
• Irish: dogmach, dogmatach, diongbháilte, ceanndána
• Italian: dogmatico (it) m
• Japanese: 独断的 (doku-dan-teki)
• Korean: 독단적인 (dokdanjeogin)
• Latin: dogmaticus m
• Latvian: dogmatisks m
• Lithuanian: dogmatiškas m
• Macedonian: догматски (dogmatski)
• Manx: bun-chredjuagh
• Māori: kakī mārō
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dogmatisk (no)

  Nynorsk: dogmatisk

• Persian: جزمی (fa) (jizmî)
• Polish: dogmatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: dogmático (pt)
• Romanian: dogmatic (ro)
• Russian: догмати́ческий (ru) (dogmatíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: догматски

  Latin: dogmatski (sh)

• Slovak: dogmatický
• Slovene: dogmatičen
• Spanish: dogmático (es)
• Swedish: dogmatisk (sv)
• Thai: หัวรั้น (hǔua-rán)
• Turkish: dogmatik (tr), öğretisel
• Ukrainian: догмати́чний (dohmatýčnyj)
• Vietnamese: giáo điều (vi)

Noun

dogmatic (plural dogmatics)

1. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French dogmatiquebor.

Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)

Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós)der.

Latin dogmaticuslbor.

Romanian dogmatic

Borrowed from French dogmatique, and a learned borrowing from Latin dogmaticus. By surface analysis, dogmă + -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɡˈma.tik/

Adjective

dogmatic m or n (feminine singular dogmatică, masculine plural dogmatici, feminine/neuter plural dogmatice)

1. dogmatic

Declension

Declension of dogmatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dogmatic		dogmatică	dogmatici	dogmatice
	definite	dogmaticul		dogmatica	dogmaticii	dogmaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dogmatic		dogmatice	dogmatici	dogmatice
	definite	dogmaticului		dogmaticei	dogmaticilor	dogmaticelor

Related terms

• dogmatism
• dogmatică