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What is the word when someone considers any questioning of their view to be a moral failing or blindness of the questioner?

I'm thinking of a bottom up, community driven acceptance of a view or analytical model. I can think of a few examples in the current public conversation but I don't want to name them for fear of politicising the question.

'Dogma' may just be the word, but perhaps'dogma' suggests a 'Truth' mandated by locus of power rather than the crowd wisdom I have in mind. An example of dogma would be the biblical creation story where it is held to be true through reverence for its source.

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    We need to necessarily include the question in the body. Mention in the title is not enough.
    – Kris
    Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 11:24
  • 'Dogma[tism], fanaticism etc are given at the cited and other duplicates. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 18:55

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Here's what you might want -

Dogma

: a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

"The dogmas of faith"

(From Oxford)

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  • I'm thinking more of a bottom up, community driven acceptance of a view or analytical model. I am thinking of a few examples in the current public conversation but I don't want to name them for fear of politicising the question. 'Dogma' may be just the word, but the definition you've given suggests a 'Truth' mandated by power rather than the crowd wisdom I have in mind. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 13:22
  • @StephenBoston - Please edit that into the question.
    – Justin
    Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 13:24
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    Done. Thanks. Good suggestion. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 13:35
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    I would say that "dogma" can easlitly be used for "bottom-up, community-driven" ideas to which that community no longer accepts contrary input.
    – GEdgar
    Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 13:37
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The word zealot comes to mind.

Zealot - a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

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A real life example would help, anyway I’d say that the behavior you are referring to is often defined as:

Fanaticism:

(disapproving) extreme beliefs that may lead to unreasonable or violent behaviour.

(Cambridge Dictionary)

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