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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
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
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
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
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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Their schedule includes a few more technology demonstrations, a small trajectory correction burn, and trying on their orthostatic intolerance garments — compression clothing worn after landing to help counteract the effects on the body after returning from a microgravity environment.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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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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Where Uthmeier succumbs to bigotry is in the presumption that DEI means unqualified.—
Howard L. Simon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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Living under an openly misogynistic president may have felt freakish in 2017, but by his second term, bigotry became yet another disgusting norm.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sely embodies resilience against prejudice as her struggle for equality and respect as an immigrant woman paved the way for future generations.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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The patterns were strong enough to predict which robot would be picked for which role, yet participants explained themselves in the neutral language of practicality, not prejudice.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 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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When asked to evaluate the athletes based on their stats alone, without knowing their race, that bias disappeared.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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For years, Musk has accused both Delaware and California of bias against him or his companies, moving Tesla and SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas, and reincorporating his businesses, former Delaware corporations, in Nevada and Texas.—
Ashley Capoot,Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Alito and his supporters worked hard to refute any suggestion of partisanship.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Reflexive partisanship is not just politically unwise but operationally untenable.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Dogmatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogmatism. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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