ˈdȯgməˌtizəm also ˈdäg- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French dogmatisme, from Middle French, from Latin dogmat-, dogma + Middle French -isme -ism
1.
a. : positiveness in assertion in matters of opinion : statement of a view or belief as if it were an established fact ; often : marked positiveness of statement when unwarranted or arrogant
b. : the use of dogmatic statement as a method of exposition
the dogmatism of Emerson's writings
2.
a. : a viewpoint or system of ideas based upon insufficiently examined premises
b. : a doctrine that insists upon the existence of certain truths and is opposed to skepticism
c. : philosophy grounded in principles preponderantly established by reason to the neglect of recourse to experience ; specifically : an epistemologically uncritical philosophical system