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• de gustibus non est disputandum
  de gustibus non est disputandum

  there is no disputing about tastes.
• De gustibus non est disputandum
  De gustibus non est disputandum

  Latin for “There's no disputing about taste.” Another version of this saying is “There's no accounting for taste.”

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 pjʊˈtæn dəm /

Also de gustibus non disputandum est

Latin.

1. there is no disputing about tastes.

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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.”

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Example Sentences

Rather than share my opinion on that pairing, I’ll follow the Latin dictum de gustibus non est disputandum: “There can be no disputes in matters of taste.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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.