🇬🇧🇨🇳 dogmatic - 教条的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "dogmatic" ("教条的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Dogmatic means acting like you are 100% sure you’re right and everyone else is wrong, even if you don’t have proof and won’t listen to other ideas. A dogmatic person sticks to their opinion like super glue and refuses to change their mind, even when other people share good reasons or facts.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our dogmatic class goldfish keeps staring at us like it knows the correct answer and we’re all wrong.

Our dogmatic coach insisted burping was a breathing exercise and would not listen to the science teacher at all.

My dogmatic little brother insists that broccoli is evil, and no amount of science can convince him it’s just a vegetable.

The dogmatic GPS kept shouting, “Recalculating, because I’m right!” even when we were already in our own driveway.

Our teacher warned us not to get dogmatic in debates, so I stopped insisting pizza is a vegetable, even though I was emotionally attached to that idea.

He stood on the small stage, dogmatic and bright-eyed, tapping his book. The dogmatic speaker cut off questions, his dogmatic tone growing louder. A dogmatic shrug, a dogmatic finger wag — people fidgeted. One child held up a red leaf; the dogmatic man paused, then smiled, softening. The audience laughed and clapped, relieved.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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