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

But for the audience the scariest revelation in the conversation isn’t his dogmatism. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026

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