Synonyms for dogma
ˈdɔg mə, ˈdɒg-; -mə tədog·ma

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1. dogma

   Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.

   Synonyms:
   article of belief, article of faith, belief, doctrine, precept, principle, teaching, tenet

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1. dogma, tenetnoun

   a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

   Synonyms:
   tenet

2. dogmanoun

   a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

   "he believed all the Marxist dogma"

   Synonyms:
   tenet

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1. dogmanoun

   Synonyms:
   doctrine, tenet, opinion, principle, article of faith

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1. dogmanoun

   Synonyms:
   doctrine, tenet

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1. List of paraphrases for "dogma":

   dogmatism, dogmatic, doctrine

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1. Bertrand Russell, "Why I am Not a Christian":

   I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in a rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them though life against the shafts of impartial evidence.

2. Ibrahim Freihat:

   Daesh has a dogma, it can attack all parties at the same time, and one cannot expect to see logic in what it does.

3. Anais Nin:

   When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.

4. Mildred Nawa:

   I think that is what he should be doing, reaching out to the people who really need him. I think he is more about living by like Jesus than focusing on dogma, i think it's a great example for priests, for all of us.

5. Demetre Daskalakis:

   I'm feeling like I live somewhere in the '60s, talking about contraception and sometimes I can imagine deleting the word 'HIV' and saying 'unwanted pregnancy,' i think there is a lot of what's called 'slut shaming' in the Truvada story, but it's the exact analogy of what happened in the '60s with birth control. I mean, we've been living 30 years with the dogma that says the only way to be safe -- to prevent HIV infection -- is using condoms or abstinence.