DOGMA Definition & Meaning

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dogma

[ dawg-muh, dog- ]

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noun

plural dogmas or (Rare) dogmata

an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
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a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church:
the dogma of the Assumption;
the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.
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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.
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dogma

/ ˈ��ɒɡ��ə /

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.

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Notes

The term dogma is often applied to statements put forward by someone who thinks, inappropriately, that they should be accepted without proof.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of dogma¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin: “philosophical tenet, principle, dogma,” from Greek ��ó�� “what seems good, opinion, belief, (in philosophy) doctrine; decision, public decree, ordinance,” equivalent to ��ǰ�(��î��) “to expect, think, seem, seem good, pretend” + -ma noun suffix

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of dogma¹

C17: via Latin from Greek: opinion, belief, from dokein to seem good

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To the contrary, to make this country great is to transcend partisan dogma and focus directly on the dignity and well-being of those struggling most to make ends meet.

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Typically of these groups, the neo-Nazis quarreled over something — dogma, money, tactics — and shed some members.

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Being a professional drama critic is a great privilege, but it’s the critical sensibility that I’m most anxious to preserve in an age of increasingly militant dogma.

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No longer is it dogma that the stiffer a polymeric material is, the less stretchable it has to be.

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His voice didn’t proselytize, either, and so I’m grateful that Richard was in the back of my mind, when the body positivity movement swept and seemed a new kind of dogma.

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