Category:Dogmatic

Dog*mat"ic, n.

Defn: One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

dogmatic; dogmatical Dog*mat"ic, Dog*mat`ic*al, a. Etym: [L. dogmaticus, Gr. 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.