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dog·ma

 (dôg′mə, dŏg′-)
n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a religion.
2. A principle or statement of ideas, or a group of such principles or statements, especially when considered to be authoritative or accepted uncritically: "Much education consists in the instilling of unfounded dogmas in place of a spirit of inquiry" (Bertrand Russell).
[Latin, from Greek, opinion, belief, from dokein, to seem, think; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
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dogma

(ˈdɒɡmə)
n, pl -mas or -mata (-mətə)
1. (Theology) a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true
2. (Philosophy) a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines: Marxist dogma.
[C17: via Latin from Greek: opinion, belief, from dokein to seem good]
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dog•ma

(ˈdɔg mə, ˈdɒg-)

n., pl. -mas, -ma•ta (-mə tə)
1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.
2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively put forth, as by a church.
3. prescribed doctrine: political dogma.
4. an established belief or principle.
[1590–1600; < Latin < Greek, =dok(eîn) to seem, think, seem good + -ma n. suffix]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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
1. blind faith, certainty, unquestioning belief, arrogant conviction freeing the country from the grip of dogma
2. doctrine, teachings, principle, opinion, article, belief, creed, tenet, precept, credo, article of faith, code of belief the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
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dogma

noun
A principle taught or advanced for belief, as by a religious or philosophical group:
doctrine, teaching, tenet.
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Translations
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dogma
dogmetrossætning
dogmidoktriini
dogma
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dogma
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dogma

[ˈdɒgmə] N (dogmas or dogmata (pl)) [ˈdɒgmətə] → dogma m
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dogma

[ˈdɒgmə] n → dogme m
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dogma

n → Dogma nt
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dogma

[ˈdɒgmə] n → dogma m
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dogma

(ˈdogmə) noun
opinions settled or fixed by an authority, eg the Church.
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70-3); and at, for example, PH I, 234-5, Sextus, in speaking of Platonic (and Stoic) dogmata, is surely speaking of Platonic (and Stoic) doctrines or philosophical views.
More important, when Sextus denies that a Pyrrhonist holds dogmata (PH I, 13), he need therefore only be denying that the Pyrrhonist holds views on the basis of (alleged) philosophical justifications; that, however, is perfectly compatible with his having beliefs (in, as Sextus puts it, a more general sense of dogma [ibid.]), for example, believing that honey tastes sweet.
Sextus Empiricus. Outlines of Scepticism
It concerns Natalis Conti's Mythologiae (1551), subtitled In quibus omnia prope naturalis et moralis philosophiae dogmata sub antiquorum fabulis contenta fuisse demonstratur ("in which it is shown that all teachings of natural and moral philosophy are contained in the fables of antiquity").
From Boccaccio to Witzel: an appeal to study the sources

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