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<hw>Dog"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Dogmas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Dogmata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>dogma</ets>, Gr. <?/, <ets>pl</ets>. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <?/ to think, seem, appear; akin to L. <ets>decet</ets> it is becoming. Cf. <er>Decent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.</def>

<blockquote>The obscure and loose <b>dogmas</b> of early antiquity. <i> Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.</syn> <usage>-- <er>Dogma</er>, <er>Tenet</er>. A <i>tenet</i> is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; <as>as, the <ex>tenets</ex> of our holy religion</as>. A <i>dogma</i> is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; <as>as, the <ex>dogmas</ex> of the church</as>. A <i>tenet</i> rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a <i>dogma</i> rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. <i>Dogma</i> has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. this is more fully the case with its derivatives <i>dogmatical</i> and <i>dogmatism</i>.</usage>

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<hw>Dog*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the <i>Empiric</i>.</def>

<h1>Dogmatic, Dogmatical</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw><hw>Dog*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dog*mat`ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dogmaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dogmatique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.</def>

<blockquote>Critics write in a positive, <b>dogmatic</b> way. <i> Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> are as assertive and <b>dogmatical</b> as if they were omniscient. <i> Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dogmatic theology</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Dogmatics</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Magisterial; arrogant. See <er>Magisterial</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Dog*mat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.</def>

<h1>Dogmaticalness</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog*mat"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.</def>

<h1>Dogmatician</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog`ma*ti"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dogmatist.</def>

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<hw>Dog*mat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.</def>

<h1>Dogmatism</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.</def>

<blockquote>The self-importance of his demeanor, and the <b>dogmatism</b> of his conversation. <i> Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>