dogmatic vs provincial

dogmatic

noun
  • One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric. 

adj
  • Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction. 

  • Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal. 

  • Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial. 

provincial

noun
  • A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. 

  • A country bumpkin. 

  • A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 

adj
  • Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude 

  • Narrow; illiberal. 

  • Constituting a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to a province. 

  • Limited in outlook; narrow. 

  • Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. 

  • Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical. 

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