dogma
Example Sentences
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But the head coach's absolute belief in his methods occasionally strayed into dogma, and his apparent refusal to adapt - or incorporate just a little more pragmatism - proved costly.
From BBC
He has called for reform of the policy, a principle he fully supports but believes is being wrongly applied and has become a dogma that can be used to conceal wrongdoing.
From BBC
Additionally, scaling laws, once considered the industry’s central dogma, have come under increasing scrutiny as returns diminish.
From MarketWatch
As Ruttenbaum put it, he was “free of all architectural dogmas,” which allowed him to fit his buildings into existing neighborhoods and have them look like they belonged.
But good intentions can harden into dogma, and instead of helping people work through conflicted feelings, practitioners doubled down on the proposition that any desire for change was evidence of internalized harm.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
