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Meanings of dogmatic in English

Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles.

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Philosophy.

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Examples for "dogmatical"
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On the contrary, it must renounce its magnificent dogmatical pretensions in philosophy.
The Critique of Pure Reason
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But Lord Marney talked a good deal, though chiefly dogmatical or argumentative.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
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Hasty, dogmatical, self-satisfied reason is worse than idle fancy or bigoted prejudice.
Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
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In a moment or two her husband went on, in a dogmatical tone.
The Home Mission
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In feelings and matters not dogmatical, I hope I am half a Quaker.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...

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Visit Website Ironically, the less dogmatic Euros simply considered such tactics normal.
Climbing Magazine
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He found himself in the thick of the wars of dogmatic theology.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
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For more than thirty years, Liberty's operating mode has been primarily dogmatic.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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But after a while, my approach began to feel dogmatic and simple-minded.
Wired
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Auntie Cord was ignorant and dogmatic; Lewis could read and was intelligent.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
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That doctrinal or dogmatic purpose characterises all the miracles in varying degrees.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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He showed composers the means of expressing themselves without ever being dogmatic.
The Guardian
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As I've said repeatedly, the Food Matters style of eating isn't dogmatic.
Food matters: a guide to conscious eating with more than 75 reci...
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We have in Taine not a critical rationalist but a dogmatic rationalist.
Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
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On the score of dogmatic religion I was as restless as ever.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
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The Powers that held back were not restrained by dogmatic arguments only.
Lectures on Modern history
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Philadelphia has always had a plethora of Medical Journals and dogmatic doctors.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
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Mainstream science can also be dogmatic and blind to its own limitations.
The Guardian
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It is so easy to be dogmatic, so hard to be just.
The New North
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It does not dogmatize, nor vainly imagine dogmatic certainty to be attainable.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
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It's what I call art, he concluded, in a slightly dogmatic tone.
The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
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