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3 definitions found 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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