Dogma

Noun

 * 1) An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.
 * ''The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as dogma
 * 1) A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
 * In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.

Derived terms

 * dogmatic
 * dogmatical
 * dogmatics
 * dogmatic theology
 * dogmatism
 * dogmatist
 * dogmatize

Adjectives for Dogma
wide-rooted; delicate; dangerous; religious; deflating; dour; theological; pungent; narrow; entrenched; intolerant; pure; sheer; rash; inscrutable; fundamental; negative; sweeping.

Verbs for Dogma
abandon—; assert—; defend—; expound—; follow—; formulate—; impose—; inherit—; justify—; preach—; proclaim—; propound—; put forward—; question—; sanction—; save—; state—; teach—; —convinces; — denounces; —flourishes; —satisfies; — vanishes.

Thesaurus
Athanasian Creed, Catechism, Nicene Creed, a belief, article of faith, articles of faith, articles of religion, axiom, belief, canon, conviction, credenda, credo, creed, doctrine, maxim, persuasion, precept, principle, teaching, tenet, view

Etymology
From dogma:, from  δόγμα:, from δοκέω: (more at decent:). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata:.

Translations

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 * Mandarin:, , 定論,  定论
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 * Armenian: դավանանք,
 * Bulgarian: доктрина
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  信條,  信条
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 * Greek:
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 * Irish: dogma
 * Japanese: 教義
 * Manx: bun-chredjue
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: вероучение,, доктрина
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Anagrams

 * go mad

Noun

 * 1) dogma authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion

Related terms

 * dogmatický
 * dogmatik
 * dogmatika
 * dogmatismus

Noun

 * 1) A dogma

Synonyms

 * geloofspunt
 * leerstelling
 * leerstuk

Derived terms

 * dogmaticus
 * dogmatisch (adjective)
 * dogmatisme

Adjective

 * 1) dogmatic, dogmatical

Noun

 * 1) A dogma

Noun

 * 1) A dogma

Etymology
From δόγμα:, from δοκεῖν:.

Noun

 * 1) A philosophic tenet, doctrine, dogma
 * 2) A decree, order

Related terms

 * dogmaticus
 * dogmatistes

Descendants

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Noun
dogma


 * 1) A dogma.

Noun

 * 1) dogma

Noun

 * 1) A dogma