独どく断だん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

one's own judgment; arbitrary decision; acting alone

Emphasizes deciding or acting on one's own authority without consulting others, often with a negative nuance of being high-handed or arbitrary. Common in business and formal contexts.

• 上じょう司しに相そう談だんせずに独どく断だんで契けい約やくを進すすめてしまった。

  I went ahead with the contract on my own judgment without consulting my boss.

• 彼かれの独どく断だん的てきなやり方かたにチームは反はん発ぱつした。

  The team pushed back against his arbitrary way of doing things.

noun

dogmatism

Rare standalone noun use; refers to an attitude of asserting personal opinions as if they were absolute truth. More commonly expressed with 独断論 or 独断主義 in modern Japanese.

• その哲てつ学がく者しゃは独どく断だんを排はいし、常つねに懐かい疑ぎ的てきであろうとした。

  The philosopher rejected dogmatism and always tried to remain skeptical.