dogma
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Etymology
From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare also decent.
Pronunciation
Noun
dogma (countable and uncountable, plural dogmas or dogmata)
- An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
- 2015, Tad Brennan, Ethics and Epistemology in Sextus Empiricus:
- If he has a dogma, i.e. a scientifico-philosophical theory, then he is not any sort of Skeptic, not even an urbane Skeptic.
- A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
- In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
- According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
- [a. 1881, William B[allantyne] Hodgson, “Noun”, in Errors in the Use of English, Edinburgh: David Douglas, published 1881, part II (Accidence), page 70:
- Other foreign terms have become so thoroughly Anglicised as to adopt English plurals, and it is sometimes difficult to decide whether the English or the original foreign form is the more correct. None but a pedant would speak of ‘the chori of an opera,’ ‘the croci in a garden,’ or ‘the dogmata of the church;’ […]]
- 1909, Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, Charles Alexander Nelson, Educational Review - Volume 37, page 383:
- The man who thinks that his religion is the sum-total of the religious dogmas he believes in, who thinks that to live in harmony with the allhood of things it requires only that one subscribe to certain prescribed religious dogmas, in whose mind the means of salvation is simply frequency and fervency of prayer, assiduity and fidelity of attendance on worship, — in the case of that man his so-called religion is just as apt as not to become an actual aid to immorality, for it is not religion at all, but purblind, self-righteous Pharisaism.
Derived terms
Translations
authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion
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doctrine
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See also
Further reading
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Dogma”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 583, column 1.
Anagrams
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “belief”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dogma m (plural dogmes)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dogma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dogma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dogma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dogma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Pronunciation
Noun
dogma n
- dogma (authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion)
Declension
Declension of dogma (ma-stem neuter reducible)
Related terms
- dogmatický
- dogmatik
- dogmatika
- dogmatismus
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma).
Pronunciation
Noun
dogma n (plural dogmata or dogma's or dogmen, diminutive dogmaatje n)
- dogma (colloquially with connotations of strictness and inflexibility)
Synonyms
- geloofspunt
- leerstelling
- leerstuk
Derived terms
Pronunciation
Adjective
dogma (accusative singular dogman, plural dogmaj, accusative plural dogmajn)
Related terms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “belief”).
Noun
dogma m (plural dogmas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dogma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
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