DOGMATIZE

dogmatize, dogmatise

(verb) speak dogmatically

dogmatize, dogmatise

(verb) state as a dogma

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

dogmatize (third-person singular simple present dogmatizes, present participle dogmatizing, simple past and past participle dogmatized)

(transitive) To treat something as dogma.

(intransitive) To speak or write dogmatically.

the pride of dogmatizing schools

Source: Wiktionary


Dog"ma*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dogmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dogmatizing.] Etym: [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. dogmatiser. See Dogma.]

Definition: To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore.

Dog"ma*tize, v. t.

Definition: To deliver as a dogma. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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