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dogma

[ dawg-muh, dog- ]

noun

plural dogmas or (Rare) dogmata
  1. an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.

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  2. 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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  3. prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group:

    the difficulty of resisting political dogma.

  4. a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle:

    the classic dogma of objectivity in scientific observation.

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dogma

/ 藞诲蓲伞尘蓹 /

noun

  1. a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true
  2. a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines

    Marxist dogma

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dogma

  1. 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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dogma1

First recorded in 1530鈥40; from Latin: 鈥減hilosophical tenet, principle, dogma,鈥 from Greek 诲贸驳尘补 鈥渨hat seems good, opinion, belief, (in philosophy) doctrine; decision, public decree, ordinance,鈥 equivalent to 诲辞办(别卯苍) 鈥渢o expect, think, seem, seem good, pretend鈥 + -ma noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dogma1

C17: via Latin from Greek: opinion, belief, from dokein to seem good
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He is viewed by some as more likely to prioritise diplomacy and a global outlook than the purity of Catholic dogma.

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I know the distinction between experience and dogma.

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A belief system that may have the highest proportion of logical inconsistencies, irrational dogma, failed prophecies and broken promises of all major worldviews is one now on the upswing in the Western world.

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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 鈥 dogma, money, tactics 鈥 and shed some members.

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