by nature
ADJECTIVE
dogmatic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
a priori
as a matter of course
authoritarian
authoritative
axiomatic
by fiat
by natural law
canonical
deducible
deductive
derivable
doctrinaire
doctrinal
eternal
excathedra
formal
imperative
inevitable
on faith
oracular
orthodox
peremptory
positive
prophetic
systematic
theoretical
unchangeable
unerring
unqualified
Antonyms
ADVERB
naturally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly
consistently
easily
generally
instinctively
normally
simply
spontaneously
typically
uniformly
usually
WEAK
Antonyms
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