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dogma|ˈdɒgmə|
Also 7–8 dogm(e. Pl. dogmas (7 -aes), dogmata (7 -taes).
[a. L. dogma philosophical tenet, a. Gr. δόγµα, δογµατ-, that which seems to one, opinion, tenet, decree, f. δοκεῖν to seem, seem good, think, suppose, imagine. At first used with Gr.-L. plural; the forms dogme, dogm, represented F. dogme (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. That which is held as an opinion; a belief, principle, tenet; esp. a tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down by a particular church, sect, or school of thought; sometimes, depreciatingly, an imperious or arrogant declaration of opinion.
[a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. viii. ii. §13 [tr. D. Stapleton] Power to proclaim, to defend, and..to preserve from violation dogmata, very articles of religion themselves. ]1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 267 The grosse fanatick Dogmataes of the Alcoran. 1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. iii. iv. §3 Those Dogmaes and Paradoxes are almost vanished. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vii. iv. (1821) 350 Our dogmata and notions about justification. 1676R. Dixon Nat. Two Test. 21 Prophane Dogms and impure Worship. 1704Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 400 Their Dogmata and Astrological Doctrine..we shall not enlarge upon them. 1843Ruskin Mod. Paint. i. (1844) p. lii, The dogmata of the schools of art. 1874Green Short Hist. v. §3 (1882) 229 To assert the freedom of religious thought against the dogmas of the Papacy. 1893J. Orr God & World I. 26 note, Dogma I take to be a formulation of doctrine stamped with ecclesiastical authority.
2. The body of opinion formulated or authoritatively stated; systematized belief; tenets or principles collectively; doctrinal system.
1791Burke Fr. Affairs Wks. VII. 13 The present..is a revolution of doctrine and theoretick dogma. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Lit. Wks. (Bohn) II. 111 If, going out of the region of dogma, we pass into that of general culture. 1871Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 368 If you wish to save Christian dogma. 1871Morley Carlyle (1878) 191 It places character on the pedestal where Puritanism places dogma. |