dogma

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/ˈdɒɡ.mə/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A belief accepted as true without being questioned.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • His dogma forbids that he eats fish during Passover.

  • Loving, of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has besides no meaning.

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

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In context

  • This dogma is rather a paradox.

  • 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.

  • If he has a dogma, i.e. a scientifico-philosophical theory, then he is not any sort of Skeptic, not even an urbane Skeptic.

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Origin

noun

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.