| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dog·mat·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dôg-m t  k, d g- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma. 2. Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles. See synonyms at dictatorial. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin dogmaticus, from Greek dogmatikos, from dogma, dogmat-, belief. See dogma. | | OTHER FORMS: | dog·mati·cal·ly —ADVERB
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