dogma
Example Sentences
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We need the intellectual seriousness to treat this as an empirical question, not something we can settle with dogma.
It reflects years of work by clinicians, community groups, families and bipartisan lawmakers who chose data over dogma.
From Salon
"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
Think of it less as culinary dogma and more as a small act of self-kindness.
From Salon
The Atlantic story and other accounts of Kennedy make it clear he views himself as the lone hero of a great battle, a Beowulf intending to slay a dragon of dogma and lies.
From Salon
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