{ Dog*mat"ic (dŏg*măt"ĭk),
Dog*mat`ic*al (-ĭ*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.
Dog*mat"ic (dŏg*măt"ĭk),
n.One of an ancient sect of physicians who
went by general principles; -- opposed to the
Empiric.