noun · countable / uncountable · rare

dogma

dog·ma

dogma · dogmas · dogmata

догма, доктрина

догма, доктрина, догмат, вероучение

Dogma

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered…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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UK/ˈdɒɡ.mə/US/ˈdɔɡ.mə/

» This dogma is rather a paradox.

Ця догма, швидше, є парадоксом.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)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.
Dogma
до́гмаdógma, до́гматdógmat
до́гмаdóhma
(countable, uncountable)A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
Holonyms: belief system, cosmology
Near-synonym: creed
вероуче́ниеveroučénije, до́гмаdógma, доктри́наdoktrína
до́гмаdóhma, доктри́наdoktrýna

More definitions

a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

Examples

11 sentences

This dogma is rather a paradox.
Ця догма, швидше, є парадоксом.
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God is an uncontested dogma in many religions.
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I don't agree with the interpretation of many Christian dogmas.
Я не згоден з тлумаченням багатьох християнських догм.
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The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present.
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Loving, of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has besides no meaning.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion:

doctrine:

Русский

By meaning 2

authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion:

doctrine:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion:

Origin

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet

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.

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