Both Uses of
dogmatic
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- He was my best friend, and with our best friends we overlook many differences; but it wasn't until we found ourselves attending the same Sunday school, and the same church, that I was forced to accept that my best friend's religious faith was more certain (if not always more dogmatic) than anything I heard in either the Congregational or the Episcopal Church.†
p. 25.3
- Owen's opinion of Pastor Merrill had improved considerably from those earlier years when the issue of the minister's doubt had bothered Owen's dogmatic side; Mr. Merrill had to be aware—awkwardly so—of the role The Voice had played in securing his appointment as school minister.†
p. 391.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(dogmatic) prone to stating opinions as absolute truth
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, dogmatic is also used as the adjective form of dogma to indicate that something is related to or expresses standard beliefs that shouldn't be questioned -- especially religious beliefs.