(n.) One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
(a.) Alt. of Dogmatical
Example Sentences:
(1) Mothers, Stadlen suggests, only turn dogmatic or bossy when they feel cornered or unsure of themselves.
(2) Feelings of guilt were related significantly to disaffected patterns such as dogmatism (p less than .001), hostility (p less than .001), and aggression (p less than .05), which suggests a turning inward of feelings of anger and disappointment in addition to their outward expression.
(3) Essential traits of this personality are an independent mind capable of liberating itself from dogmatic tenets universally accepted by the scientific community; the capacity and courage to look at things from a new angle; powers of combination, intuition and imagination; feu sacré and perseverance--in short, intellectual as well as moral qualities.
(4) Today the overestimation of human understanding is reflected in a dogmatic adherence to specific professional or idealogically biased doctrines and in the dubious ideal of a purely empirical science with its limited applicability to mankind.
(5) Yet, as Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has argued, a less dogmatic and more pragmatic government could borrow for a £30bn public works programme, creating infrastructure and jobs, for an annual cost of £150m a year.
(6) The recent advances in dental science have become superior to what they were just a few short years ago; however, we must never forget the variabilities of human responses to any of our treatment techniques, and we must not be dogmatic in our approach.
(7) The physician should assume a flexible attitude in this expanding field, and rigid dogmatic criteria should be avoided.
(8) Pavlov dogmatically refused to acknowledge that classical conditioning can be mediated by subcortical regions of the large cerebral hemispheres.
(9) Momentum Hastings seems pleasantly free of the kind of dogmatic, acrimonious squabbles that have recently engulfed the movement at national level.
(10) Readers were outraged by her dogmatism and superiority, furious about what they saw as cultural stereotyping and appalled by the kind of parenting that many commentators deemed "child abuse".
(11) Two major tenets, the disease conception of alcoholism and mandatory abstinence as a goal of treatment are reviewed, and insufficient evidence is found to support a dogmatic position on either.
(12) There is much in the system to arouse the suspicion of a dogmatic Conservative: the block grant; performance indicators; the fact that the whole thing was dreamed up by Labour.
(13) Congress not backing down on Iran nuclear deal as bill could face veto Read more The committee’s ranking Democrat, Maryland’s Senator Ben Cardin, is another pivotal figure who has proved much less dogmatic in his opposition to the process than his predecessor Menendez, who was conveniently forced to step aside after the Department of Justice indicted him on corruption charges.
(14) This development can only be understood as a social neurosis, with the narcistic frustation of the intellectual class as its cause, and grandiose claims, intolerance, dogmatic thinking and destructive behaviour as its symptoms.
(15) Instruments were adopted or adapted to assess the following items: knowledge of the grief process, personality traits of empathy and dogmatism, fear of death, fear of interacting with the dying, attitudes toward working with terminally ill clients as part of the professional role of dietitians, and clinical performance.
(16) Acknowledgement of this fact should lead one to appraise critically other papers giving dogmatic statements regarding therapeutic ranges of anticonvulsant plasma levels.
(17) And there is something about the education debate that polarises almost everyone into the most dogmatic positions – she would rather never have children herself, she declares at one point, than have to send them to a London state school.
(18) There are two few well-controlled studies of the use of cytotoxic agents to make dogmatic statements regarding their use in the treatment of rheumatic disorders.
(19) It's all too easy for clear and consistent to become prescriptive and dogmatic – not to mention unrealistic.
(20) Careful analysis of recently published clinical trials invalidates a dogmatic attitude in the debate of inotropic versus vasodilator therapy.
Orthodox
Definition:
(a.) Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.
(a.) According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.
(a.) Approved; conventional.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
(2) Hebrew for voice of justice, Kol Tzedek was described in publicity at the time as "an outreach program aimed at helping sex-crime victims in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish Communities report abuse".
(3) The church was the Cypriot Orthodox led by Archbishop Makarios.
(4) Unlike Baker, a courtly Texan, Lew is a low-key figure, an observant Orthodox Jew and native New Yorker, of whom the New York Times once revealed: "He brings his own lunch (a cheese sandwich and an apple) and eats at his desk."
(5) Is he saying that the Orthodox church is also subject to public spending cuts?
(6) On the regulatory side, Carney's role as chair of the Financial Stability Board suggests an individual cut from relatively orthodox cloth while working at the coal face of implementation on a range of issues.
(7) Children are taught to use condoms there,” Pokrovsky said, indicating that was hardly imaginable in modern Russia where the Orthodox church is growing increasingly influential.
(8) Judge Marina Syrova said she rejected their arguments that they had not intended to offend religious believers but were protesting against the Orthodox church's support for Putin.
(9) Rybak was indicted for inciting hatred last year after burning an effigy of an orthodox Jew during a protest against Muslim immigration.
(10) Multiple births were studied in a sample of orthodox Jewesses for whom an estimate could be made of the day of ovulation and the earliest possible day of conception.
(11) The Kremlin's Nashi youth movement spread the news that I personally was out to destroy the Orthodox family.
(12) Tsipras, who made an official visit to Moscow in April to discuss the project, has made improved ties with the fellow Orthodox state a central plank of his two-party coalition’s foreign policy – much to the consternation of the EU.
(13) A significantly increased rate of breast-feeding was found among mothers with the following characteristics: those of orthodox religious belief, high educational level, in the academic and paraacademic professions, nonsmokers, those who worked outside of the home during the pregnancy, those who had previous breast-feeding success, and mothers whose husbands' attitude toward breast-feeding was positive.
(14) Extended interviews with users explored motivations for choice of treatment and attitudes towards orthodox and alternative health care.
(15) In 1949, he graduated from the Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary.
(16) But he has made it about himself and so he’s uniting the factions against him.” If the orthodox left has failed to unite behind the prime minister, the right is also in a state of ferment, as it plots eagerly for a post-Renzi era that could arrive before Christmas.
(17) The conclusion is that those mitochondria that do not undergo change in ultrastructure have impairment of electron transport, and that those that do become orthodox have increased membrane lability and undergo degeneration.
(18) This is illustrated by the Schneerson family dynasty, which has led the Lubavich sect of ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jews since its inception in the 18th century.
(19) The government has just announced emergency aid for the destitute and the Greek Orthodox Church has revealed it is feeding 250,000 people a day.
(20) Sara, 18 Occupation: A-level student Constituency: Hornsey and Wood Green Voting: Probably Labour Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sara: ‘People feel betrayed and upset about the Labour party’s antisemitism.’ Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer I’m Orthodox Jewish and, ideologically, I am a Labour supporter, but a lot of people in my community really hate the Labour party at the moment, and I don’t blame them to be honest.