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dogma
Definitions
1
noun
A
principle
or
set
of
principles
laid
down
by
an
authority
as
incontrovertibly
true
.
The
church's
dogma
was
followed
by
all
its
members
.
He
refused
to
question
the
dogma
of
his
political
party
.
The
scientist
challenged
the
dogma
that
had
been
accepted
for
decades
.
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Greek
Original word
dֳ³gma
Originally meant
that which one thinks is true
Background
The word 'dogma' comes from the Greek 'dֳ³gma', meaning 'that which one thinks is true'. It was used in ancient Greece to refer to philosophical tenets and later adopted by the early Christian church to denote established beliefs.