dogmatize

English

Etymology

From Late Latin dogmatizō.

Verb

dogmatize (third-person singular simple present dogmatizes, present participle dogmatizing, simple past and past participle dogmatized)

1. (transitive) To treat something as dogma.
2. (intransitive) To speak or write dogmatically.
   • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:

     the pride of dogmatizing schools

Derived terms

• dedogmatize
• dogmatizer