Meaning of DOGMATISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'dogmu`tizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot |
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| | Synonyms: | | bigotry |
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| | See Also: | | intolerance | |
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| | Definition: | | \Dog"ma*tism\, n.
The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or
positiveness in stating opinion.
The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism
of his conversation. -- Sir W.
Scott.
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| | Related Terms: | | balkiness, bibliolatry, bigotry, blindness, bullheadedness, deafness, determination, doggedness, dogmaticalness, evangelicalism, fanaticism, fixed mind, fundamentalism, hardheadedness, headstrongness, hideboundness, hyperorthodoxy, infallibilism, inflexible will, intolerance, literalism, mulishness, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinateness, opinionatedness, overzealousness, peremptoriness, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, positiveness, positivism, precisianism, purism, puritanicalness, puritanism, restiveness, Sabbatarianism, sabbatism, scripturalism, self-opinionatedness, self-will, staunchness, stiff neck, stiff-neckedness, straitlacedness, strict interpretation, strictness, strongheadness, stubbornness, sulkiness, sullenness, tenaciousness, tenacity, uncooperativeness, unpersuadableness, unregenerateness, willfulness |
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