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dogmatic
Meaning: asserting opinions forcefully as if they were unquestionable fact
dogmatic in a sentence
How dogmatic is used in real sentences:
His dogmatic style made him difficult to debate with.
His dogmatic style made him difficult to debate with.
“Len began to disparage rye buns as heavy country food, insisting with dogmatic certainty that festival customers would reject them.”
— from the passage Before Sunrise
Synonyms for dogmatic
Other words for dogmatic — opinionated, doctrinaire, inflexible and peremptory — carry the same meaning.
- opinionated
- doctrinaire
- inflexible
- peremptory
Antonyms of dogmatic
Words that mean the opposite of dogmatic:
- open-minded
- flexible
Where it comes from
From Greek dogma 'opinion, decree'
Word parts
- dox/dogm — opinion or belief
dogmatic: dogm (opinion) + -atic (relating to)
Memory hook
DOGMATIC — barks out opinions like a DOG.