Dog*mat"ic (d&obreve;g*măt"&ibreve;k),
n. One of an ancient sect of physicians who
went by general principles; -- opposed to the
Empiric.
{ Dog*mat"ic (d&obreve;g*măt"&ibreve;k),
Dog*mat`ic*al (-&ibreve;*kal), } a.
[L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatiko`s, fr.
do`gma: 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.
