dogmatism
Refusing other viewpoints
Dogmatism is the tendency to assert opinions as absolute truths without consideration of evidence or other viewpoints.
A dogmatic person refuses to entertain doubt or alternative perspectives: His dogmatism made productive debate impossible.
The term carries negative connotations—suggesting closed-mindedness rather than principled conviction.
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
one-sidedness · partiality · chauvinism · fanaticism · zealotry · confirmation bias · groupthink · tribalism
Established body of teachings
- creedStatement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
conviction · canon · precept · catechism · article of faith · teaching · axiom · dictum
Quality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
uncompromising · closed-mindedness · stubbornness · pigheadedness · bullheadedness · mulishness · doggedness · implacability
State controls everything absolutely
- autocracyRule by one
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
indoctrination · thought control · conformity · censorship · suppression · propaganda · demagoguery · ideological purity
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
sectarianism · one-sidedness · partiality · chauvinism · fanaticism · zealotry · confirmation bias · groupthink · tribalism · echo chamber
doctrine
Established body of teachings
orthodoxy · conviction · canon · precept · catechism · article of faith · teaching · axiom · dictum · maxim
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
unbending · uncompromising · closed-mindedness · stubbornness · pigheadedness · bullheadedness · mulishness · doggedness · implacability · adamance
totalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
oppression · indoctrination · thought control · conformity · censorship · suppression · propaganda · demagoguery · ideological purity · heresy
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
dogmatismopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · freethinking · flexibility · tolerance · liberality
dogmatismskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
agnosticism · intellectual humility · tentativeness · doubt · questioning
dogmatismempiricism
Knowledge through observation
rationalism · freethought · critical thinking · scientific method · pragmatism
- dogmatic beliefAssertion accepted as absolute truth
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