dogmatic

adjective
🔊/dɒɡˈmætɪk/
🔊/dɔːɡˈmætɪk/
(disapproving)
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  1. being certain that your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinions教条的;武断的;自以为是的
    • a dogmatic approach武断的方法
    • There is a danger of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods.在教学方法上存在着过分教条主义的危险。🔊🔊
    • He was strident and dogmatic in giving his opinions.他发表意见时很冲动和教条。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2, Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDogmatic is used with these nouns:
    • assertion
    • insistence
    • theology
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun denoting a philosopher or physician of a school based on a priori assumptions): via late Latin from Greek dogmatikos, from dogma, dogmat-, from dokein ‘seem good, think’.