Anti-dogmatism
character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
n.
c.1600, but not in common use until 19c., from French dogmatisme (16c.), from Medieval Latin dogmatismus, from Latin dogma (see dogma).
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