dogmatism
rigid attachment to doctrine or opinion
Roots
Other words with the dogm root
Other words with the dox root
- dogma: a fixed doctrine or belief
- dogmatic: asserting opinions as unquestionable truth
- dogmatist: person who states opinions as unquestionable truth
- heterodox: departing from accepted belief or doctrine
- heterodoxy: departure from accepted belief or doctrine
- orthodox: conforming to accepted or traditional belief
- orthodoxy: accepted or traditional belief system
Dogma is doctrine treated as settled. Dogmatism is the habit of holding opinions like law.
His dogmatism made debate almost impossible because every question sounded like an attack.
Dogmatism closes the window. The person may have reasons, but they have stopped letting fresh air in. That is why the word feels rigid.