“Dogmatic (adjective): Assertively doctrinal, or promulgating a strong belief or viewpoint as if it were fact; showing firm and forceful opinion; unyieldingly certain or prescriptive; narrow and magisterial. Adjective: dogmatical; adverb: dogmatically; noun: dogma, dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmaticism; verb: dogmatize.
‘For ten minutes, Challee tried to get Bird to withdraw the word “sick.” The young doctor was upset. He became querulous and dogmatic, and threw up clouds of terminology.’ Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny”
Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.
