Which word best describes someone who is stubborn about beliefs and refuses to consider other views?

• A. Advocate
• B. Ironic
• C. Dogmatic
• D. Bovine

Answer: (C)

The key idea is a rigid, unquestioning stance toward personal beliefs, where opposing views are dismissed rather than examined. A dogmatic person treats certain ideas as absolute truths and argues from that stance as if there’s no room for doubt or evidence to the contrary. This fits the prompt because the emphasis is on stubborn belief and unwillingness to consider other perspectives. It’s more precise than a general advocate, who supports a position but isn’t necessarily closed to other viewpoints; it’s not about irony, which concerns language or situations that convey the opposite of literal meaning; and while bovine can imply dullness or stubbornness in slang, it isn’t the standard term for describing dogmatic belief systems. An example would be someone who, despite new data, insists their view is the only correct one and dismisses all counterarguments.