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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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Recent Examples of dogma
The Role of Religion Culturally, there are still problematic conflations of yoga as religion or as a function of religious dogma that preclude many from practicing yoga.
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Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Her ambivalence toward her vocation runs throughout her memoir, which interrogates and sometimes rebuts the dogmas that inevitably hardened around such famed artists.
—Claudia La Rocco, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But should authorities banish all religious beliefs that differ with the state’s secular dogma?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The central dogma in molecular biology is a very beautiful thing.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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Tamika Caston-Miller, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Her ambivalence toward her vocation runs throughout her memoir, which interrogates and sometimes rebuts the dogmas that inevitably hardened around such famed artists.
—Claudia La Rocco, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But should authorities banish all religious beliefs that differ with the state’s secular dogma?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The central dogma in molecular biology is a very beautiful thing.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogma
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Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Roth said employees at the charity would have to be expressing and inculcating religious doctrine, such as requiring participation in a prayer before a meal is served at a soup kitchen.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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This philosophy is reflected in the design of the Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, which combines elegance and functionality, offered at the remarkable price of $9,995 — far below the usual cost for such complications.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
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There are also current events and a smattering of philosophy.—
Yvonne Zipp,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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Very few things, like sports, unify people across backgrounds, cultures, and ideologies.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s alliance with far-right wing movements and fascist-adjacent ideology has also caused protesters outside the U.S. to destroy Tesla products.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Dogma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogma. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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