dogmatize

[ dawg-muh-tahyz, dog- ]

verb (used without object)

, dog·ma·tized, dog·ma·tiz·ing.

1. to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.

verb (used with object)

, dog·ma·tized, dog·ma·tiz·ing.

1. to assert or deliver as a dogma.

dogmatize

/ ˈdɒɡməˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to say or state (something) in a dogmatic manner

Derived Forms

• ˈdogmaˌtizer, noun
• ˌdogmatiˈzation, noun
• ˈdogmatism, noun

Other Words From

• dogma·ti·zation noun
• dogma·tizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dogmatize¹

1605–15; < Late Latin dogmatizāre, equivalent to Latin dogmat ( icus ) dogmatic + -izāre -ize

Example Sentences

“Professors as a class,” Holmes remarked, “dogmatize on unrealities.”

From New York Times

I do not care to dogmatize, or predict, or make guesses of any kind.

From Project Gutenberg

Let genius talk of abstract beauty, and philosophers dogmatize on order.

From Project Gutenberg

One is tempted to linger over that moment when Quixote ceased to experiment and began to dogmatize.

From Project Gutenberg

The question may be argued from many points of view, and we put forward these remarks simply as suggestions, without any wish to dogmatize.

From Project Gutenberg

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