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dogmatism

[ dawg-muh-tiz-uhm, dog- ]

noun

  1. dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·Dzm·پ noun
  • v·Dzm·پ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dogmatism1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin dogmatismus, equivalent to Latin dogmat(icus) dogmatic + -ismus -ism; replacing dogmatisme, from French
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Maistre hits many of the key themes of American conservatism: religious dogmatism, belief over evidence, anti-scientism, the imperative of obedience to hierarchy and a habitual brooding over violence.

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This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.

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The country’s religious dogmatism began to ease early in the 2000s, when tens of thousands of Saudis studied in the United States.

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The dependence on individual perspectives as much as knowledge grounded in research and expertise leads to an increasing conflation of faith with science, memory with history, and dogmatism with truth.

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He could be seen as a cautionary example of religious dogmatism, except that he doesn’t appear especially devout.

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