dogmatic
adjective/dɒɡˈmætɪk/
/dɔːɡˈmætɪk/
(disapproving)- being certain that your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinions
- a dogmatic approach
- There is a danger of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods.
- He was strident and dogmatic in giving his opinions.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDogmatic is used with these nouns:- assertion
- insistence
- theology
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun denoting a philosopher or physician of a school based on a priori assumptions): via late Latin from Greek dogmatikos, from dogma, dogmat-, from dokein ‘seem good, think’.
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