Dogmatism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dogmatism \Dog"ma*tism\, n.
     The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or
     positiveness in stating opinion.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism


           of his conversation.                     -- Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dogmatism
       n : the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot [syn: {bigotry}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "dogmatism":
     Sabbatarianism, balkiness, bibliolatry, bigotry, blindness,
     bullheadedness, deafness, determination, doggedness,
     dogmaticalness, evangelicalism, fanaticism, fixed mind,
     fundamentalism, hardheadedness, headstrongness, hideboundness,
     hyperorthodoxy, infallibilism, inflexible will, intolerance,
     literalism, mulishness, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinateness,
     opinionatedness, overzealousness, peremptoriness, perseverance,
     pertinacity, pigheadedness, positiveness, positivism, precisianism,
     purism, puritanicalness, puritanism, restiveness, sabbatism,
     scripturalism, self-opinionatedness, self-will, staunchness,
     stiff neck, stiff-neckedness, straitlacedness,
     strict interpretation, strictness, strongheadness, stubbornness,
     sulkiness, sullenness, tenaciousness, tenacity, uncooperativeness,
     unpersuadableness, unregenerateness, willfulness