dogmatic

Example Sentences

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Her ambitions were practical—“not to suggest dogmatic prescriptions or pat solutions,” she wrote in the inaugural issue, but to provide facts and “moral support” so “women can make knowledgeable decisions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

But he wasn’t dogmatic in any way, he was just trying to do his level best, you know, to do justice.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

Of course, the two of us know each other so well that it’s easy for us to anticipate what the other one is maybe chasing after, and so we’re not very dogmatic about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Amid the focus on tactically dogmatic coaches such as Ange Postecoglou and Ruben Amorim, Murray said Potter's style was "fluid" and he was not opposed to making changes to formation or tactics during a game.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

“About what? About Freud? The one time I mentioned a Freudian theory in class, all I got out of Appleman was that dogmatic psychoanalysis was related to psychology as magic was related to science. ‘

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok