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DOGMATISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dogmatism mean?
• DOGMATISM (noun)
The noun DOGMATISM has 1 sense:
1. the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
Familiarity information: DOGMATISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
bigotry; dogmatism
Hypernyms ("dogmatism" is a kind of...):
intolerance (unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs)
Derivation:
dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
Context examples
Their logomachy was far more stimulating to his intellect than the reserved and quiet dogmatism of Mr. Morse.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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