dogma
(noun)
noun
1. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Similar word(s): tenet
Definition categories: communication, creed, gospel
2. a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- he believed all the Marxist dogma
Definition categories: thought, doctrine, ism, philosophy
Sentences with dogma as a noun:
- The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as law.
- In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.