Dogmatism

Dogmatism is the uncritical, rigid adherence to a belief or doctrine which is not susceptible to change when conflicting evidence emerges to challenge such views. Dogmatism is very common in religion, particularly fundamentalism. When it appears within politics it is a religious approach to politics, and is totally contradictory to the scientific method upheld by Marxism.

"It is dogmatism to approach Marxism from a metaphysical point of view and to regard it as something rigid. It is revisionism to negate the basic principles of Marxism and to negate its universal truth." —Mao Zedong

See also

• Dogma