dogma
dogma
Definition
dogma (dôg′mə, däg′-)
noun pl. -·mas or -·mata--mə tə
- a doctrine; tenet; belief
- doctrines, tenets, or beliefs, collectively
- a positive, arrogant assertion of opinion
- 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
dogma
Synonyms
dogma
n.
dogma
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- empiricism: Yet Mr. Quine later challenged them in what is arguably the best known of his many published essays, " Two Dogmas of Empiricism.
- Christianity: Parents owe it to their children to save them from being taught the false and foolish dogmas of Christianity.
- biology: In 1958, Francis Crick used and characterized the concept of information in the context of stating the central dogma of molecular biology.
- religion: Darkness is not the evil force painted by the doctrine and dogma of religion.
- church: Polkinghorne tries to identify the tested wisdom of science with the dogma of the church.
Converse of subject
- drive: Privatization does not work, is driven by dogma and is horrendously expensive.
Converse of object
- reject: Indeed, it is possible to reject ancient dogmas for reasons that are part of the trouble rather than part of the cure.
- impose: Apologists seek to impose a dogma rather than seek a truth.
- accept: The important is that we don't accept the dogma that comes fro!
- challenge: He has been a constant source of sound advice, often challenging accepted dogma.
- become: The RP that is now challenged only became a dogma in the late 19th century, fostered by the public school system.
- avoid: A party leader who wants to avoid dogma is understandable.
Adjective modifier
- outdated: We aren't tied down by the outdated dogma which holds Labor back.
- neo-liberal: The proposals are based on the neo-liberal dogma that competition is the only solution to the development of the industry.
- Marxist: Such finer points of Marxist dogma or strategy were confined to a minority.
- ideological: Political ideological dogma is again very much to the fore.
- religious: I'm not into any specific religious dogma myself.
- orthodox: They have all started from the base that the mind dies with the brain in order to appease orthodox scientific dogmas.
Noun used with modifier
dogma Quotes
The dogma of the Ghost in the Machine.
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