Thesaurus results for DOGMA

dogma

noun

ˈdȯg-mə

as in doctrine

a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church the Catholic dogma of the bodily assumption of the Virgin Mary

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as in philosophy

the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group the Golden Rule encompasses a dogma that can serve all mankind

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Recent Examples of dogma The original central dogma explained much of what was known about simple organisms, viruses, and bacteria but did not explain the biology of complex organisms. —

William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 The point of dogma is to define and defend the borders of acceptable opinion, and brand anyone who goes outside them as quite simply a heretic. —

Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024 Still, the results are enough to question the dogma of hybrid works as a here-to-stay scenario. —

Hilary Tetenbaum, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024 In classical Greek, dogma referred to a philosophical tenet or decree. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dogma

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What Clarence Thomas Has Said on Obergefell Thomas, the court's most conservative judge, wrote in a dissenting opinion in Obergefell that the majority opinion stretched the doctrine of substantive due process rights found in the Fourteenth Amendment too far.

— David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Christian doctrine teaches that at the end of time, God will restore each person’s body, reuniting it with their soul.

— Therese Cory, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025