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dogma
[ dawg-muh, dog- ]
noun
- an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
Synonyms: philosophy, doctrine
- a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church:
the dogma of the Assumption;
the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.
- prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group:
the difficulty of resisting political dogma.
- a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle:
the classic dogma of objectivity in scientific observation.
Synonyms: certainty, conviction
dogma
/ ˈdɒɡmə /
noun
- a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true
- a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines
Marxist dogma
dogma
- A teaching or set of teachings laid down by a religious group, usually as part of the essential beliefs of the group.
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of dogma1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dogma1
Example Sentences
Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.
Had Herx said “this dogma is sexist,” that would be well beyond the reach of the courts.
The Liberal Democrats believe drugs policy should be based on evidence, not dogma or the desire to sound tough.
Democrats and independents who oppose their dogma are infidels.
She says she was released when she feigned acceptance of their dogma.
Such are the ideas which the dogma of gratuitous predestination gives of Divinity!
The fear of ceasing to be is but an evil for the imagination, which alone brought forth the dogma of another life.
It must be made perfectly clear, said the bishop, that Christianity was a religion, and not a dietetic dogma.
How do they reason upon a dogma, and quarrel with acrimony about a system of which even themselves can comprehend nothing?
The dogma of the immortality of the soul, or of a future life, presents nothing consoling in the Christian religion.
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