dogmatic
adjective
[ dɒɡˈmatɪk ]
• inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true.
• "she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed"
Similar:
opinionated,
peremptory,
assertive,
imperative,
insistent,
emphatic,
adamant,
doctrinaire,
authoritarian,
authoritative,
domineering,
imperious,
high-handed,
pontifical,
arrogant,
overbearing,
dictatorial,
uncompromising,
unyielding,
unbending,
inflexible,
rigid,
entrenched,
unquestionable,
unchallengeable,
intolerant,
narrow-minded,
small-minded,
Origin:
early 17th century (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- (see dogma).
