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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, n.
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general
principles; -- opposed to the {Empiric}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, Dogmatical \Dog*mat`ic*al\, a. [L.
dogmaticus, Gr ?, fr ?: cf F. dogmatique.]
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized
doctrine or tenet.
2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively;
positive; magisterial; hence arrogantly authoritative;
overbearing.
Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way --
Spectator.
[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they
were omniscient. -- Glanvill
{Dogmatic theology}. Same as {Dogmatics}.
Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See {Magisterial}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dogmatic
adj 1: characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or
unprovable principles [syn: {dogmatical}]
2: relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"
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