Word #4

1. Dogmatic

2. “I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky, but instead abides very close to us indeed-much closer than we can imagine, breathing right through our own hearts. ” From “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert, page 14.

3. Characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were fact. Of or relating to dogma.

Dogma: Something held as an established opinion; especially a definite authoritative tenet. A code of such tenets. A point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary online.

4. After doing her thesis, Carolyn spoke in a dogmatic way about the Civil Rights Movement, quick to argue with anyone who challenged her.

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