- dogmatic
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. dictatorial, imperious, arrogant, peremptory, positive, opinionated. See certainty, misjudgment, severity, religion.II(Roget's IV) modif.1. [Based on an assumption of absolute truth]Syn. doctrinal, categorical, canonical, unchangeable, inevitable, immovable, unqualified, eternal, positive, authoritative, systematic, orthodox, formal, ex cathedra, pontifical, imperative, peremptory, theoretical, axiomatic, unerring, by fiat, on faith, as a matter of course, by nature, by God's will, by natural law; see also absolute 1 .Ant. irresolute*, uncertain, whimsical.2. [Acting as though one possessed absolute truth]Syn. dictatorial, doctrinaire, opinionated, arbitrary, overbearing, arrogant, egotistical, bigoted, fanatical, intolerant, imperious, magisterial, domineering, authoritarian, pontifical, positive, peremptory, oracular, tyrannical, fascistic, despotic, obstinate, confident, downright, unequivocal, definite, stubborn, determined, emphatic, insistent, obdurate, closed-minded, narrow-minded, wrongheaded, one-sided, wedded to an opinion, hidebound, high and mighty*, stiff-necked*, hard-shell*, pushy*, pigheaded*, bullheaded*; see also absolute 3 , autocratic 1 , obstinate .Ant. tolerant, dubious, flexible.III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.[dawg MAT ik]stubbornly clinging to one's own beliefs and refusing to consider those of others; overpositive.Our minister is too dogmatic to consider other views.SYN.: overpositive, closed-minded, opinionated, doctrinaire, biased, authoritarian, narrow-minded, emphatic, prejudiced, fanatical, imperious, dictatorial.ANT.: liberal-minded, open-minded, tolerant, receptiveIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Devoted to certain doctrines without regard to practicability: doctrinaire. See ABILITY. 2. Tending to dictate: authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, peremptory. See OVER.
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