dogma (redirected from dogmas)

dog·ma  (dôgm, dg-)

n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-m-t)

1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.

2. An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.

3. A principle or belief or a group of them: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present" (Abraham Lincoln).

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[Latin, from Greek, opinion, belief, from dokein, to seem, think; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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dogma

Noun

a doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by authority as true [Greek: opinion]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dogma - a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof tenet article of faith, credendum - (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided church doctrine, religious doctrine, creed, gospel - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
	2.	dogma - a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma" doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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dogma

noun doctrine, teachings, principle, opinion, article, belief, creed, tenet, precept, credo, article of faith, kaupapa N.Z.

Translations

dogma [ˈdɔgmə] n → dogma m

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dogma [ˈdɔgmə] n → dogme m

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dogma [ˈdɔgmə] n → Dogma nt

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dogma [ˈdɔgmə] n → dogma m

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dogma

n dogma [ˈdogmə]

opinions settled or fixed by an authority, eg the Church. dogma, leerstelling, doktrine عَقيدَه догма dogma dogme; trossætning das Dogma δόγμα dogma dogma اعتقاد؛ حکم dogmi dogme דוּגמָה, מַעֲרֶכֶת עִיקָרִים सिद्धांत, मत dogma, vjersko načelo dogma dogma kredda; trúarkenning; kenningakerfi dogma 教義 교의, 교조, 신조 dogma dogma ajaran dogma dogme, fastslått læresetning dogmat dogma dogmă догма(т) dogma, článok viery dogma dogma dogm หลักศาสนา dogma, dinî inanış 教義；教條 догма اصول، عقیدہ giáo điều 教义；教条