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also dogmatical
as in opinionated
given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions
a critic's dogmatic insistence that abstract expressionism is the only school of 20th century art worthy of serious study
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Recent Examples of dogmatic
The contrast from the dogmatic style of Ange Postecoglou over the previous two seasons is well-established by now.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Ruben Amorim’s dogmatic approach must change Whatever credit Amorim had in the bank has been rapidly used up and his dogmatic devotion to his preferred 3-4-3 formation is starting to grate on many.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead of taking a dogmatic or sensationalist stance, the SETI project takes a scientifically rigorous and pragmatic approach—putting the best possible mechanisms in place for the definition, detection, and interpretation of signs of possible alien intelligence.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
But the general policy was to reframe the Leonine strategy in more inclusive, less dogmatic terms.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Ruben Amorim’s dogmatic approach must change Whatever credit Amorim had in the bank has been rapidly used up and his dogmatic devotion to his preferred 3-4-3 formation is starting to grate on many.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead of taking a dogmatic or sensationalist stance, the SETI project takes a scientifically rigorous and pragmatic approach—putting the best possible mechanisms in place for the definition, detection, and interpretation of signs of possible alien intelligence.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
But the general policy was to reframe the Leonine strategy in more inclusive, less dogmatic terms.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogmatic
Adjective
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Roher, who won an Oscar for best documentary feature for 2022’s Navalny, is opinionated—not just about the festival moving from Park City to Boulder, but on a whole host of topics.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cissy’s tiny and opinionated mother, Adelaide, shared the family’s modest apartment for six enlivening years.—
Miranda Seymour,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Governments across the continent are struggling with stubborn insurgencies.—
Obi Anyadike,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Because that is ultimately what The Secret Garden is about—the stubborn, almost unreasonable insistence of living things to grow toward the light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Conservative Republicans were adamant, however, against establishing a precedent that allows Congress during the yearly appropriations process to fund some agencies within Homeland Security, but not others.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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However, even as the team trudges to a play-in spot rather than a top seed, Green was adamant that the Warriors’ standard of competitiveness cannot change.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Yet both sides of the weight-loss debate became attached to impossibly doctrinaire positions.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo’s cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Dogmatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogmatic. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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