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dogma (dôg′mə, däg′-)

noun pl. dogmas -·mas or dogmata -·mata (-mə tə)

  1. a doctrine; tenet; belief
  2. doctrines, tenets, or beliefs, collectively
  3. a positive, arrogant assertion of opinion
  4. Eccles. a doctrine or body of doctrines formally and authoritatively affirmed

Etymology: L, an opinion, that which one believes (in LL(Ec), a decree, order) < Gr, opinion, judgment < dokein, to seem: see decent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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