Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, Dogmatical \Dog*mat`ic*al\, a. [L.
dogmaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dogmatique.]
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized
doctrine or tenet.
2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively;
positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative;
overbearing.
Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. --
Spectator.
[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they
were omniscient. -- Glanvill.
Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.
Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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