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dogmatism
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dog·ma·tism  (dôgm-tzm, dg-)
n.
Arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief.
dogmatism
1. a statement of a point of view as if it were an established fact.
2. the use of a system of ideas based upon insufficiently examined premises. — dogmatist, n. — dogmatic, adj.
See also: Argumentation
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Noun1.dogmatism - the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
bigotry
intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs


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Gibbon, "a thoroughgoing skeptic [though] not an atheist", in Himmelfarb's estimation, dismissed the philosophes, who he said "preached the tenets of atheism with the bigotry of dogmatists, and damned all believers with ridicule and contempt.
The origin of modernity by Karnick, S.T. / The National Interest
The priest, who fits the usual Hollywood stereotype of men of the cloth as rigid dogmatists, is first introduced to the audience as a calloused, short-tempered pastor who hurls a vulgar expletive at Frankie and tells him to stop coming to church.
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One suspects that dogmatists have simply become so accustomed to dogmatizing that appealing to the Bible is just their way of asserting the truth of their opinion, from wherever they got it.
The Psychology of Biblicism by Price, Robert M. / The Humanist
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