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–noun, plural -mas, -ma·ta

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1.	a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.

2.	a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption.

3.	prescribed doctrine: political dogma.

4.	a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L < Gk, equiv. to dok(eǐn) to seem, think, seem good + -ma n. suffix

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n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.
An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.
A principle or belief or a group of them: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present" (Abraham Lincoln).

[Latin, from Greek, opinion, belief, from dokein, to seem, think; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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1541 (implied in dogmatist), from L. dogma "philosophical tenet," from Gk. dogma (gen. dogmatos) "opinion, tenet," lit. "that which one thinks is true," from dokein "to seem good, think" (see decent). Treated in 17c.-18c. as Gk., with pl. dogmata.

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dogma
noun
1.	a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
2.	a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"

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dogma [ˈdogmə] noun

opinions settled or fixed by an authority, eg the Church

Arabic:	عَقيدَه
Chinese (Simplified):	教义；教条
Chinese (Traditional):	教義；教條
Czech:	dogma
Danish:	dogme; trossætning
Dutch:	dogma
Estonian:	dogma
Finnish:	dogmi
French:	dogme
German:	das Dogma
Greek:	δόγμα
Hungarian:	dogma
Icelandic:	kredda; trúarkenning; kenningakerfi
Indonesian:	dogma
Italian:	dogma

Japanese:	教義
Korean:	교의, 교조, 신조
Latvian:	dogma
Lithuanian:	dogma
Norwegian:	dogme, fastslått læresetning
Polish:	dogmat
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Romanian:	dogmă
Russian:	догма(т)
Slovak:	dogma, článok viery
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Swedish:	dogm
Turkish:	dogma, dinî inanış

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dogma

A teaching or set of teachings laid down by a religious group, usually as part of the essential beliefs of the group.

Note: The term dogma is often applied to statements put forward by someone who thinks, inappropriately, that they should be accepted without proof.

[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion

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Dogma

Dog"ma\, n.; pl. E. Dogmas, L. Dogmata. [L. dogma, Gr. ?, pl. ?, fr. ? to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent.]

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

The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. -- Whewell.

2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.

Usage: -- Dogma, Tenet. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.

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Dogma

Dog"ma\, n.; pl. E. Dogmas, L. Dogmata. [L. dogma, Gr. ?, pl. ?, fr. ? to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent.]

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

The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. -- Whewell.

2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.

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Dogma

Dog"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dogmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dogmatizing.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dogmatiser. See Dogma.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.

The pride of dogmatizing schools. --Blackmore.

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Dogma

Dox*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Doxologies. [LL. doxologia, Gr. ?, fr. ? praising, giving glory; ? opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from ? to think, imagine) + ? to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend.] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.

David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. --South.

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Or"tho*dox\, a. [L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqo`doxos; 'orqo`s right, true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf. F. orthodoxe. See Ortho-, Dogma.]

1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.

2. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

3. Approved; conventional.

He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. --H. R. Haweis.

Note: The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the "Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church," regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox. The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the "liberal", or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

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Par`a*dox\, n.; pl. Paradoxes. [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr. Gr. ?; ? beside, beyond, contrary to + ? to think, suppose, imagine. See Para-, and Dogma.] A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.

A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable. --Hooker.

This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. --Shak.

Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic.

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Ten"et\, n. [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.] Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. --Sir T. Browne.

The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. --Macaulay.

Syn: Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See Dogma.

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