DOGMATIC in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DOGMATIC, such as:

1. We cannot allow dogmatism to stand in the way of progress.
2. We tried to discourage Doug from being so dogmatic, but never could convince him that his opinions might be wrong.
3. Two thousand years ago such dogmatism, readily welcome, would have scouted the idea of blond races ever leading civilization.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOGMATIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dogmatic
 a.  stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
Classic Sentence:
1  He stated that his discourses to people were to be sometimes secular, and sometimes religious, but never dogmatic; and that his texts would be taken from all kinds of books.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
2  This sort of nose is usually a short and coarse one, but there is a sufficient number of exceptions to prevent me from being dogmatic or from insisting upon this point in my description.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
3  His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
4  Two thousand years ago such dogmatism, readily welcome, would have scouted the idea of blond races ever leading civilization.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIV
Example Sentence:
1  We tried to discourage Doug from being so dogmatic, but never could convince him that his opinions might be wrong.
2  We cannot allow dogmatism to stand in the way of progress.