dogmatism

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

noun

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

Other Words From

• anti·dogma·tism noun
• over·dogma·tism noun

Word 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

Example Sentences

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

This distaste for all-or-nothing dogmatism led some to question the convictions of a politician who began his career in a circle of radical free-market believers but who, in Poland’s recent campaign, promised to preserve a raft of welfare payments introduced by Law and Justice.

From New York Times

With Jesus-length hair, multidenominational tattoos and promises of unspecified revolution, Brand, 48, had in recent years been reaching millions daily across a media and wellness empire, fusing the downward-facing dogmatism of a proper guru with the cold efficiency of the YouTube algorithm.

From New York Times

Joseph de Maistre was "a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist ... always and everywhere the champion of the hardest, narrowest and most inflexible dogmatism."

From Salon

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