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dogmatic

Adjective

IPA /dɒɡˈmætɪk/

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Insisting that your beliefs are correct and should be accepted, without properly considering other views or evidence.

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dogmatic/dɒɡˈmætɪk/

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dogmatic — Insisting that your beliefs are correct and should be accepted, without properly considering other views or evidence.

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Insisting that your beliefs are correct and should be accepted, without properly considering other views or evidence.

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Through late Latin from Greek dogmatikos, related to dogma, meaning an opinion or belief.

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A dogmatic approach leaves little room for questioning or considering alternatives.

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dogmatic

/dɒɡˈmætɪk/ (Adjective)

“Dogmatic is disapproving. It suggests inflexible certainty, rather than well-supported confidence.”

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