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Pronunciation / Transliteration: dogma
"No debemos aceptar las cosas como un dogma."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
"He had no patience with modern dogma."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek dogma meaning 'that which seems to be good', 'opinion', or 'decree', originating from dokein meaning 'to seem' or 'to think'. It entered late Middle English in the 17th century via Late Latin from Greek, originally signifying a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dogma" is said worldwide
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dogme
Transliteration: dogme
"Il rejette tout dogme aveugle."
Dogma
Transliteration: Dogma
"Wissenschaft darf nicht zum Dogma werden."
dogma
Transliteration: dogma
"La sua teoria è diventata un dogma."
dogma
Transliteration: dogma
"No debemos aceptar las cosas como un dogma."
dogma
Transliteration: dogma
"Ele questiona cada dogma estabelecido."
सिद्धांत
Transliteration: siddhant
"यह नियम किसी धार्मिक सिद्धांत पर आधारित नहीं है।"
教条
Transliteration: jiàotiáo
"我们不应该被陈旧的教条所束缚。"
도그마
Transliteration: dogeuma
"우리는 맹목적인 도그마를 경계해야 한다."
教義
Transliteration: kyōgi
"その宗教には厳格な教義があります。"
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