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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
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Recent Examples of dogmatism
Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.
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Robert W. Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Four main aspects of intellectual humility include being: Open-minded, avoiding dogmatism and being willing to revise your beliefs.
Curious, seeking new ideas, ways to expand and grow, and changing your mind to align with strong evidence.
—Daryl Van Tongeren, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
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Robert W. Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Four main aspects of intellectual humility include being: Open-minded, avoiding dogmatism and being willing to revise your beliefs.
Curious, seeking new ideas, ways to expand and grow, and changing your mind to align with strong evidence.
—Daryl Van Tongeren, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogmatism
Noun
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The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The right is being horrifyingly plain in bleating their bigotry, but they’re also lost in linguistic obscurities.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the India of the Cold War, which remained robustly liberal even when underperforming economically, India today, despite being more economically successful, has been markedly tainted by illiberalism and authoritarianism.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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If so, or even if not, the results of illiberalism by governmental bodies on both sides of the Atlantic are clear for all to see.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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The state alleges Alam intentionally selected the church primarily because of his bias or prejudice against the state of Israel or the Jewish faith.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film looks at the key role of political cartoons in global democracies, the decline of the profession amid a newspaper industry meltdown and the effects of extreme political partisanship on media and editorial cartooning.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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In a statement to CNN, Andrew Nixon, Director of Communications for HHS, said the states moves away from CDC guidance were based on partisanship, rather than science.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Dogmatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogmatism. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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