Definition of Dogmatism

1. Noun. The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot.

Exact synonyms: Bigotry
Generic synonyms: Intolerance
Derivative terms: Dogmatist

Definition of Dogmatism

1. n. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

Definition of Dogmatism

1. Noun. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dogmatism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogmatism

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dogly
dogma
dogman
dogmas
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dogmaticalness
dogmatician
dogmaticians
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dogmatism (current term)
dogmatisms
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dogmatizations
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dogmatizer
dogmatizers
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dogmatizing
dogmeat
dogmen
dognap

Literary usage of Dogmatism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review Grea (1878)
"PRINCIPAL TULLOCH'S "dogmatism DISSENT." I. OF I HAVE been asked to point ... What is there of " dogmatism " in the persistent assertion of this principle ? ..."

2. A History of Philosophy, from Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, Noah Porter (1876)
"PERIOD OF EMPIRICISM, dogmatism, AND SKEPTICISM AS BIVAL SYSTEMS. § 112. The Second Division in the history of Modem Philosophy is characterized by the ..."

3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"There is much of confidence in dogmatism and positivity, but it expresses more than either. Confidence implies a general reliance on one's abilities in ..."

4. Schelling's Transcendental Idealism: A Critical Exposition by John Watson (1882)
"Idealism cannot refute dogmatism. The idealist starts from the belief in free ... Nor can dogmatism refute idealism. The basis, and the only basis, ..."

5. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"dogmatism in matters of taste has the same status as dogmatism in other spheres. It is initially justified by sincerity, being a inevitable but systematic ..."

6. Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: An Introduction to General by Peter Coffey (1917)
"Moral dogmatism was to foster men's moral and religious beliefs by justly ... But Moral dogmatism was all the while itself an effort of that same human mind ..."

7. The Monthly Miscellany by Cazneau Palfrey, Ezra S Gannett (1843)
"dogmatism. As unsightly excrescences sometimes grow on lofty trees, ... Of these vices one of the most offensive, though not the least common, is dogmatism. ..."

8. The Psychology of Inspiration: An Attempt to Distinguish Religious from by George Lansing Raymond (1908)
"... CHAPTER IX CHRISTIAN dogmatism AS AFFECTED BY CONSIDERING SPIRITUAL TRUTH SUGGESTIVE Conclusions Reached in Preceding Chapter — Confirmation of These ..."

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