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Definition of dogmatic :
1. Alt. of Dogmatical
2. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; - opposed to the Empiric.
Synonyms:
dogmatical, arrogant, unerring, inevitable, controlling, formal, compulsive, bigoted, haughty, obdurate, emphatic, downright, stiff-necked, exacting, uncertain, narrow-minded, lordly, eternal, pigheaded, systematic, dictatorial, immovable, flexible, over, opinionated, magisterial, despotic, ex cathedra, autocratic, theoretical, unconditional, absolute, irresponsible, categorical, bullheaded, irresolute, insistent, overbearing, wrongheaded, fanatical, authoritative, definite, oracular, confident, hard-shell, determined, masterful, obstinate, imperative, arbitrary, egotistical, pushy, canonical, unequivocal, tolerant, hidebound, doctrinaire, domineering, compulsory, unqualified, tyrannical, ability, coercive, narrow, axiomatic, stubborn, one-sided, commanding, imperious, pontifical, supreme, positive, intolerant, unchangeable, peremptory, bossy, authoritarian, dubious
orthodox (part of speech: adjective)
faithful, ideological, conforming, believing, orthodox, traditional, religious
pious (part of speech: adjective)
godly, devoted, prayerful, pious, devout, cultist, sanctified, obedient, sanctimonious, solemn, superstitious, worshipful, dutiful, holy, holier-than-thou, Christian, reverent
Usage examples:
- In his youth he had been a Broad churchman and a Liberal, and had then passed, through stages mysterious to his oldest friends, into an actively dogmatic and ecclesiastical phase. - "The Case of Richard Meynell", Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
- And this accusation raises so huge a problem that I must ask leave to be dogmatic as well as brief. - "Oxford Lectures on Poetry", Andrew Cecil Bradley.
- " It will probably rain"- that is dogmatic. - "A Cynic Looks at Life Little Blue Book #1099", Ambrose Bierce.