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noun
- 1. a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true: "the dogmas of faith" Similar Opposite
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DOGMA definition: 1. a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept…. Learn more.
The meaning of DOGMA is something held as an established opinion; especially : a definite authoritative tenet. How to use dogma in a sentence.
If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma, you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it.
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.
Dogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, [1] or Islam, the positions of a philosopher or philosophical school, such as Stoicism, and political belief ...
dogma. a belief or set of beliefs held by a group or organization that others are expected to accept without argument. She has caused a storm by calling into question one of the central dogmas of the Church. The newspaper seeks to be independent of political dogma.
Dogma means the doctrine of belief in a religion or a political system. The literal meaning of dogma in ancient Greek was "something that seems true." These days, in English, dogma is more absolute. If you believe in a certain religion or philosophy, you believe in its dogma, or core assumptions.
DOGMA definition: a belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept as the truth, without ever doubting…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'dogma' If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma, you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it. [disapproval] [...] More. Synonyms of 'dogma' • blind faith, certainty, unquestioning belief, arrogant conviction [...] • doctrine, teachings, principle, opinion [...]
1. (Theology) a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true. 2. (Philosophy) a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines: Marxist dogma.
