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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dogma \Dog"ma\ (d[o^]g"m[.a]), noun; pl. E. {Dogmas} (d[o^]g"m[.a]z), L. {Dogmata} (d[o^]g"m[.a]*t[.a]). [L. dogma, Gr. do'gma, pl. do'gmata, fr. dokei^n to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. {Decent}.]
1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. -- Whewell.
2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.
Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine.
Usage: -- {Dogma}, {Tenet}. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dogma
noun
1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof [syn: {tenet}]
2: a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma" [also: {dogmata} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "dogma": Athanasian Creed, Catechism, Nicene Creed, a belief, article of faith, articles of faith, articles of religion, axiom, belief, canon, conviction, credenda, credo, creed, doctrine, maxim, persuasion, precept, principle, teaching, tenet, view
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