DOGMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogmatize mean? 

• DOGMATIZE (verb)
  The verb DOGMATIZE has 2 senses:

1. state as a dogma

2. speak dogmatically

  Familiarity information: DOGMATIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOGMATIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dogmatize    ... he / she / it dogmatizes   
Past simple: dogmatized   
Past participle: dogmatized   
-ing form: dogmatizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

State as a dogma

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

dogmatise; dogmatize

Hypernyms (to "dogmatize" is one way to...):

articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

dogma (a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative)

dogma (a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof)

dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Speak dogmatically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

dogmatise; dogmatize

Hypernyms (to "dogmatize" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

dogma (a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative)

dogma (a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof)

dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)