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dogmatic

/dɒɡˈmætɪk/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
FormalRegister

General adjective

Inclined to assert opinions as if they were unquestionable facts.

He was too dogmatic to concede that his rivals might have a point.

Similar: opinionated, doctrinaire, assertive

Topic: Cambridge C1 Advanced in General English

Business adjective

Asserting opinions as unquestionable truths without allowing for doubt.

He was so dogmatic about the sales methodology that the team stopped surfacing evidence it was failing.

Similar: doctrinaire, opinionated, inflexible

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More general words: Cambridge C1 Advanced