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n. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.

n. An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.

n. A principle or belief or a group of them: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” ( Abraham Lincoln).

n. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.

n. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

n. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

n. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

n. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

n. A settled opinion; a principle, maxim, or tenet held as being firmly established.

n. A principle or doctrine propounded or received on authority, as opposed to one based on experience or demonstration; specifically, an authoritative religious doctrine.

n. Authoritative teaching or doctrine; a system of established principles or tenets, especially religious ones; specifically, the whole body or system of Christian doctrine, as accepted either by the church at large or by any branch of it.

n. In the Kantian philosophy, a directly synthetical proposition based on concepts of the understanding.

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

n. a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

"‡ The term dogma is often applied to statements put forward by someone who thinks, inappropriately, that they should be accepted without proof."

ism    philosophy    school of thought    doctrine    philosophical system   

axioma    creed   

dogmata   

dogmatism    dogmatic theology    dogmatize    dogmatist    dogmatic    dogmatical    dogmatics   

opinion    doctrine    tenet    proposition   

creed    doctrine    tenet    teaching    theology    conception    superstition    tradition    maxim    morality