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Dogmatic
Pronunciation : Dog*mat"ic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dog*mat"ic, Dog*mat`ic*al
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatique.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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