DOGMA (dogmata)

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Irregular inflected form: dogmata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogma mean? 

• DOGMA (noun)
  The noun DOGMA has 2 senses:

1. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

2. a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

  Familiarity information: DOGMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOGMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dogma; tenet

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he believed all the Marxist dogma

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)

 Context examples 

The natural ruler of this house is Jupiter, which is why it is also called the house of philosophical discussion and why it covers the dogma of religion.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I shall devote myself for a time to the examination of the Roman Catholic dogmas, and to a careful study of the workings of their system: if I find it to be, as I half suspect it is, the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in order, I shall embrace the tenets of Rome and probably take the veil.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)