dogmatism.

A rigid insistence that your beliefs are certainly true, with little willingness to consider other views.

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Words that belong together

• intellectual dogmatism
• challenge dogmatism

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The seminar rewarded careful disagreement rather than dogmatism.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.