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de gustibus non est disputandum

American  
[de goos-ti-boos nohn est dis-poo-tahn-doom, dee guhs-tuh-buhs non est dis-pyoo-tan-duhm] / dɛ ˈgʊs tɪˌbʊs noʊn ɛst ˌdɪs pʊˈtɑn dʊm, di ˈgʌs tə bəs nɒn ɛst ˌdɪs pyʊˈtæn dəm /
Also de gustibus non disputandum est
Latin.
  1. there is no disputing about tastes.


De gustibus non est disputandum Cultural  
  1. Latin for “There's no disputing about taste.” Another version of this saying is “There's no accounting for taste.”


Example Sentences

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The difficulty with these arguments is that they do deal with questions of taste, and so fall under the ancient and incontrovertible maxim, de gustibus non est disputandum.

From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.

Lord Coleridge reduces Blasphemy to a matter of taste, and de gustibus non est disputandum.

From Prisoner for Blasphemy by Foote, G. W. (George William)

But de gustibus non est disputandum, and so forth.

From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry