DOGMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: dogmata

Meaning:

A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

Example:

he believed all the Marxist dogma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dogma" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Derivation:

dogmatic (relating to or involving dogma)

dogmatic (of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative)

dogmatical (characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles)

dogmatize (speak dogmatically)

dogmatize (state as a dogma)

Meaning:

A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Synonyms:

dogma; tenet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dogma" is a kind of...):

church doctrine; creed; gospel; religious doctrine (the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dogma"):

article of faith; credendum ((Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided)

Derivation:

dogmatic (characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles)

dogmatize (speak dogmatically)

dogmatize (state as a dogma)