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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
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.
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Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.
—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
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Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogmatism
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In a time when polarization and intolerance threaten the democratic fabric of our nation, the image of a Seder at the Freedom Tower offers a different vision, one of solidarity rooted in shared experience.—
Brian Siegal,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Orson Scott Card wrote a whole series preoccupied with the devastating results of interspecies misunderstanding and intolerance, then followed it up with various noxious statements cementing his homophobia.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Trump had hoped to spotlight the benefit fraud both to bolster his case for immigration enforcement and also because of his outspoken bigotry toward Somalis.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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White supremacy, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and misogyny are making comebacks while the wealth gap is wider than ever.—
Megan Thiele Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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But in both cases there is something darker underneath the surface, revealing the prejudices and debts the characters couldn’t leave behind in the city.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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In February 2024, the woman dropped her lawsuit against the musicians, filing to dismiss it with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Orban and Putin once shared a close working relationship, grounded in energy deals and mutual illiberalism.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Space warfare, cyber defense, mass migration, corruption, and illiberalism require fluency, adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit against a Coca-Cola distributor signals a historic shift for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal law on workplace bias.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Worryingly, the researchers found the models had a tendency to find evidence of pathologies in the phantom images, showing that the models may have a bias towards diagnosing disease that could lead to dangerous and expensive misdiagnoses if used in real-world medical settings.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The political climate that the film examines, one of extreme partisanship, has only heightened in the years since.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Graves said redistricting in his home state, nor the breakdown in decorum and hyper-partisanship of Congress, factored into his decision to retire.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Dogmatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogmatism. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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