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語源

From Middle French dogmatique and its etymon, Late Latin dogmaticus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek δογματικός (dogmatikós, “didactic”), from δόγμα (dógma, “dogma”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɒɡˈmæt.ɪk/
• (米国発音) IPA: /dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [dɔɡˈmæɾ.ɪk], /dɑɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [dɑɡˈmæɾ.ɪk]
• (Australian) IPA: /dɔɡˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˈdɔɡˈmæɾ.ɪk]

形容詞

dogmatic (comparative more dogmatic, superlative most dogmatic)

1. (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
   • 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     Dogmatic philosophies have sought for tests for truth which might dispense us from appealing to the future. Some direct mark, by noting which we can be protected immediately and absolutely, now and forever, against all mistake—such has been the darling dream of philosophic dogmatists.

2. Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
3. Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
   • 1999 November 2, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: A Single Girl Takes On the California Frontier”, in The New York Times (E section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     Ms. Allende does little to dramatize her feminist sentiments -- she simply hammers her points home with dogmatic asides, and starkly lighted tableaux of women being abused and taken advantage by men.

派生語

関連する語

• dogmatize
• dogmatism
• dogmatist

名詞

dogmatic (plural dogmatics)

1. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.

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