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Synonyms for dogmatic

  • adjective

Most common

close-minded arrogant bigoted doctrinal authoritative dictatorial opinionated self-opinionated

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Adjective

close-minded, doctrinal, arrogant, bigoted, opinionated, dictatorial, self-opinionated, authoritative, overbearing, domineering, categorical, imperious, magisterial, politically correct, oracular, peremptory, confident, positive, dictatory, authoritarian, arbitrary

Antonyms

open-minded, flexible, undogmatic

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.

Related words

Word family
dogmaticism dogmatism dogmatist
Other spellings
dogmatical

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Dogmatic or Doctrinal?

Dogmatic is technically applied in a good sense to that which is formally enunciated by adequate authority; doctrinal to that which is stated in the form of doctrine to be taught or defended.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
  • bigoted The problem is never bigoted idiots. It's bigoted idiots with power.
  • authoritative He was the most authoritative among the people.
  • dictatorial Bouteflika granted himself dictatorial powers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dogmaticsteady
arrogantrising
bigotedsteady
doctrinalrising
authoritativesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
bigoted3
8 letters
positive3, arrogant3, oracular
9 letters
confident3, arbitrary4, doctrinal3, imperious4, dictatory
10 letters
peremptory4
11 letters
opinionated5, dictatorial5, overbearing4, categorical5, domineering4, magisterial5
13 letters
authoritarian6, authoritative5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bigoted3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
dogmatique
Italiano
dogmatico
Deutsch
dogmatisch
Català
dogmàtic