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Pronunciation / Transliteration: dogme
"Il rejette tout dogme aveugle."
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
Late Middle English (in the sense 'religious doctrine'): from Greek dogma, from dokein 'seem good'.
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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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