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dogmatism — DOGMATÍSM, s.n. Mod de gândire care operează cu teze acceptate necritic, considerate valabile în orice condiţii şi veşnic. – Din fr. dogmatisme. cf. rus. d o g m a t i s m. Trimis de thiess, 07.08.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 Dogmatism ≠ adogmatism… … Dicționar Român
Dogmatism — Dog ma*tism, n. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. [1913 Webster] The self importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dogmatism — c.1600, but not in common use until 19c., from Fr. dogmatisme (16c.), from M.L. dogmatismus, from L. dogma (see DOGMA (Cf. dogma)) … Etymology dictionary
dogmatism — [dôg′mə tiz΄əm, däg′mə tiz΄əm] n. [Fr dogmatisme < ML dogmatismus < Gr dogmatizein, to lay down a decree: see DOGMA] dogmatic assertion of opinion, usually without reference to evidence dogmatist n … English World dictionary
dogmatism — [[t]dɒ̱gmətɪzəm, AM dɔ͟ːg [/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to an opinion as dogmatism, you are criticizing it for being strongly stated without considering all the relevant facts or other people s opinions. We cannot allow dogmatism to… … English dictionary
dogmatism — dogmatic ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inclined to impose dogma; firmly asserting personal opinions as true. DERIVATIVES dogmatically adverb dogmatism noun dogmatist noun … English terms dictionary
dogmatism — noun Date: 1603 1. positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when unwarranted or arrogant 2. a viewpoint or system of ideas based on insufficiently examined premises … New Collegiate Dictionary
dogmatism — /dawg meuh tiz euhm, dog /, n. dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths. [1595 1605; < LL dogmatismus, equiv. to L dogmat(icus) DOGMATIC + ismus ISM; r. dogmatisme < F] * * * … Universalium
dogmatism — Synonyms and related words: Sabbatarianism, balkiness, bibliolatry, bigotry, blindness, bullheadedness, deafness, determination, doggedness, dogmaticalness, evangelicalism, fanaticism, fixed mind, fundamentalism, hardheadedness, headstrongness,… … Moby Thesaurus
dogmatísm — s. n … Romanian orthography
