dogmas

Example Sentences

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"It is up to all of us to preserve confidence in our democratic coexistence," he said, adding: "In democracy, one's own ideas can never be dogmas; nor can those of others be threats."

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

“The tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future. We must look forward, not backwards.”

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

CrossFit might, per the founder, have a bit of a religion-slash-biker-gang aura around it—but what it transmitted to me about food and body fat wasn’t all that different from the standard cultural dogmas.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2023

In “Succession,” “Ozark” and to lesser extent, “Better Call Saul,” the prisons are a bit more DIY, a combination of unfortunate circumstances twisted into something worse by certain dogmas of family, power, identity and legacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Students are taught—what I never had to be taught—that religion is not simply a matter of dogmas or theological truths; that religion involves a person’s whole way of life.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez