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dogma

  • /ˈdɒɡ.mə/ UK
  • /ˈdɔɡ.mə/ US
  • /ˈdɑɡ.mə/ US

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From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.

noun dogmas · dogmata

  1. countable, uncountable An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it. If he has a dogma, i.e. a scientifico-philosophical theory, then he is not any sort of Skeptic, not even an urbane Skeptic.
  2. countable, uncountable A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader. Holonyms: belief system, cosmology

    Similar: creed

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tenet, belief, dogmatism, dogmatic, credo, principle, doctrine, creed, faith, religion, orthodoxy, ideology, axiom, precept, maxim, teaching

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noun authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion

Españoldogma
한국어교조 gyojo
日本語定説 teisetsu, 教条 kyōjō
中文教條 /教条 jiàotiáo, 定論 /定论 dìnglùn
हिन्दीहठधर्म haṭhdharm
Portuguêsdogma
Françaisdogme
DeutschDogma
Italianodogma
Ελληνικάδόγμα dógma
Românădogmă
Русскийдо́гма dógma, до́гмат dógmat
Tiếng Việtgiáo điều
العربيةعَقِيدَة ʕaqīda
עבריתדּוֹגְמָה dógma

noun doctrine

Españoldogma
한국어교의 gyoui, 교리 gyori
日本語教義 kyōgi, 教理 kyōri
中文教條 /教条 jiàotiáo, 信條 /信条 xìntiáo, 教理 jiàolǐ
हिन्दीआधिकारिक मत ādhikārik mat
Portuguêsdogma, doutrina
Italianodogma, dottrina
Ελληνικάδόγμα dógma
Românădogmă, doctrină
Русскийвероуче́ние veroučénije, до́гма dógma, доктри́на doktrína

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@misc{dogma_2026,
  title = {dogma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dogma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}