dogmatic
Stubbornly certain, inflexible
Dogmatic describes someone who asserts opinions as unquestionable truth, refusing to consider alternatives: He was dogmatic about his political views.
The word implies rigidity and closed-mindedness—a dogmatic person states beliefs as if they were established facts.
In theology, dogmatic refers to official church doctrine, but the everyday sense carries negative connotations of arrogance and inflexibility.
Imposing absolute control
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
tyrannical · overbearing · authoritarian · bossy · high-handed · peremptory · commanding · magisterial
Unable to bend
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- unbendingRefusing to change position
intransigent · immovable · bullheaded · headstrong · willful · pigheaded · mulish · dogged
Unfairly favoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
bigoted · one-sided · partisan · convinced · self-righteous · judgmental · preachy · sanctimonious
Fixed in purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- unswervingFirmly constant in direction
unrelenting · determined · persistent · unshakeable · firm · fixed · rigid · strict
Conforming to established belief
- theologicalOf divine study
- scripturalOf sacred writings
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- sectarianRigidly devoted to faction
fundamentalist · ecclesiastical · catechetical · creedal · liturgical · papal · clerical · doctrinal
dictatorial
Imposing absolute control
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
domineering · tyrannical · overbearing · authoritarian · bossy · high-handed · peremptory · commanding · magisterial · doctrinaire
inflexible
Unable to bend
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- stubbornRefusing to change course
unbending · intransigent · immovable · bullheaded · headstrong · willful · pigheaded · mulish · dogged · pertinacious
biased
Unfairly favoring one side
- prejudicedBiased against a group
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
closed-minded · bigoted · one-sided · partisan · convinced · self-righteous · judgmental · preachy · sanctimonious · moralistic
resolute
Fixed in purpose
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
unswerving · unrelenting · determined · persistent · unshakeable · firm · fixed · rigid · strict · undeviating
orthodox
Conforming to established belief
- theologicalOf divine study
- scripturalOf sacred writings
- canonicalAccepted as standard
sectarian · fundamentalist · ecclesiastical · catechetical · creedal · liturgical · papal · clerical · doctrinal · ideological
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- religious stancesdevout, pious, faithful, atheist, agnostic
- rigid thinkingrigid, doctrinaire, rule-bound, absolutist, by-the-book
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, cognition
dogmaticopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
flexible · broadminded · broad-minded · receptive · tolerant
dogmaticskeptical
Inclined to question claims
questioning · doubtful · doubting · uncertain · dubious
dogmaticempirical
Based on observation, not theory
evidence-based · scientific · rational · freethinking · inquisitive
- dogmatic beliefAssertion accepted as absolute truth
dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatize, undogmatic, dogmatically, dogmatized, dogmatizing, dogmatical