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Definition of Dogma

1. Noun. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.

2. Noun. A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative. "He believed all the Marxist dogma"

Definition of Dogma

1. n. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

Definition of Dogma

1. Noun. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it. ¹

2. Noun. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dogma

1. a principle or belief put forth as authoritative [n -MAS or -MATA] : DOGMATIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Dogma

1. A theory or belief that is formally stated, defined, and thought to be true. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogma

dogies dogkind dogleg doglegged doglegging doglegs dogless doglessly doglessness doglike

dogling doglock doglocks doglore dogly dogma (current term) dogman dogmas dogmata dogmatic

dogmatic school dogmatical dogmatically dogmaticalness dogmatician dogmaticians dogmatics dogmatise dogmatism dogmatisms

Literary usage of Dogma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Meaning and Scope : The explanation of the word " dogma " goes back to an old usage ... Hence dogma has the significance of a firm, and especially a public ..."

2. Some Dogmas of Religion by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1906)
"If religion is to be defined in this way, or in any other way which bases it on a belief in fundamental harmony and goodness, I maintain that dogma is ..."

3. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion Based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier (1897)
"Now, they can only do this in their dogma. dogma therefore is a phenomenon ... One cannot conceive either dogma without a Church, or a Church without dogma. ..."

4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1867)
"Nevertheless this unpopularity of dogma is a serious and important fact, for another and very different reason. If it is not the duty of the Church to ..."

5. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1893)
"The dogma which ranks next in importance to that of free in- ... When the dogma of equality had achieved the overthrow of the old polities, it could not but ..."

6. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In this sense one speaks of a 'mere dogma/ In this sense too Kant regards ... In order, however, to give this polemic sense of the term dogma a more precise ..."

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