dogma
Example Sentences
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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
But when Appel later enrolled at Columbia University, eager to learn about the theories behind his activism, the rhetoric he encountered felt more like dogma than inquiry.
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