dogmatic
adjective
dog·mat·ic
dȯg-ˈma-tik 
däg-
variants
or less commonly dogmatical
dȯg-ˈma-ti-kəl
däg-
1
: characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
a dogmatic critic
2
: of or relating to dogma (see dogma)
Synonyms
Examples of dogmatic in a Sentence
What we are being treated to, clearly, is an extended set of variations on that most ancient of all intellectual chestnuts, the infinite capacity of the professorial mind for the dogmatic and ludicrous misinterpretation of evidence regarding past civilizations.
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Peter Green, New Republic, 20 Mar. 2000
The New York Times, dogmatic as always, claimed that "facts and reason, the authority of all dictionaries, and the support of every chronologer and historian that ever lived, to say nothing of the invariable understanding and custom of all lands and ages" underlay its choice of 1901. It spoke dismissively of "the delusion that there is a controversy as to when the twentieth century begins," even as the controversy dragged on in its pages for a year and a half.
—Frederic D. Schwarz, American Heritage, December 1999
After absorbing one magazine's strict injunctions on such topics as the number of saucepans to register for and which varieties of flowers hold up best in bouquets, I would move on to another mag, only to find an equal number of equally dogmatic assertions, delivered with equal certainty and often in complete contradiction with the first set.
—Ruth Halikman, New Republic, 18 Oct. 1999
She's become so dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.
a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study
Peter Green, New Republic, 20 Mar. 2000
The New York Times, dogmatic as always, claimed that "facts and reason, the authority of all dictionaries, and the support of every chronologer and historian that ever lived, to say nothing of the invariable understanding and custom of all lands and ages" underlay its choice of 1901. It spoke dismissively of "the delusion that there is a controversy as to when the twentieth century begins," even as the controversy dragged on in its pages for a year and a half.
—Frederic D. Schwarz, American Heritage, December 1999
After absorbing one magazine's strict injunctions on such topics as the number of saucepans to register for and which varieties of flowers hold up best in bouquets, I would move on to another mag, only to find an equal number of equally dogmatic assertions, delivered with equal certainty and often in complete contradiction with the first set.
—Ruth Halikman, New Republic, 18 Oct. 1999
She's become so dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.
a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study
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Leigh Silverman directs a rigorously unspectacular production, with an almost dogmatic refusal to add any Broadway razzle.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
But the tone of the nascent tech industry in that era was less dogmatic and maximalist.
—Byalexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
But under British influence, increasingly conservative laws intertwined with conservative forms of local dogmatic expressions of religion, resulting in the strict separation of the genders.
—Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Instead of taking a dogmatic or sensationalist stance, the SETI project takes a scientifically rigorous and pragmatic approach—putting the best possible mechanisms in place for the definition, detection, and interpretation of signs of possible alien intelligence.
—Edmon Begoli, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
But the tone of the nascent tech industry in that era was less dogmatic and maximalist.
—Byalexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2024
But under British influence, increasingly conservative laws intertwined with conservative forms of local dogmatic expressions of religion, resulting in the strict separation of the genders.
—Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Instead of taking a dogmatic or sensationalist stance, the SETI project takes a scientifically rigorous and pragmatic approach—putting the best possible mechanisms in place for the definition, detection, and interpretation of signs of possible alien intelligence.
—Edmon Begoli, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
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dogmatic
adjective
dog·mat·ic
dȯg-ˈmat-ik
däg-
1
: expressing opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
2
: of or relating to dogma
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