Synonyms of dogmatism

dogmatism

noun

ˈdȯg-mə-ˌti-zəm 

as in intolerance

stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices

a man much given to inflexible dogmatism when it came to the role of government in regulating the economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intolerance
• bigotry
• sectarianism
• prejudice
• narrow-mindedness
• illiberality
• illiberalism
• bias
• partisanship
• small-mindedness
• parochialism
• insularity
• opinionatedness
• illiberalness
• intolerantness
• provincialism
• insularism
• partiality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerance
• liberalism
• liberality
• progressivism
• open-mindedness
• broad-mindedness
• progressiveness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dogmatism

As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare. — Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025

Paul himself was radically redeemed from an extreme level of self-righteousness, dogmatism, and violence through Christ, the message of God’s love that brings spiritual truth to light in human consciousness. — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025

Today, religious dogmatism is often equated with vaccine hesitancy and resistance to basic scientific truths like evolution. — Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023

Today, religious dogmatism is often equated with vaccine hesitancy and resistance to basic scientific truths like evolution. — Meg Leja, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2023