| 单词 | dogma |
| 释义 | dogma (once / 551 pages) n Dogma means the doctrine of belief in a religion or a political system. The literal meaning of dogma in ancient Greek was something that seems true. These days, in English, dogma is more absolute. If you believe in a certain religion or philosophy, you believe in its dogma, or core assumptions. If you belong to a cult that believes that cupcake consumption is the only true path, then you follow the cupcake dogma. Dogma, once adopted, is accepted without question. Go eat cupcakes! WORD FAMILYdogma: dogmas, dogmata, dogmatic, dogmatical, dogmatise, dogmatism, dogmatize+/dogmatic: dogmatically, undogmatic/dogmatical: undogmatical/dogmatise: dogmatised, dogmatises, dogmatising/dogmatism: dogmatisms, dogmatist/dogmatist: dogmatists/dogmatize: dogmatized, dogmatizes, dogmatizing/undogmatic: undogmatically USAGE EXAMPLESHe clung to his Methodism while criticizing some of its dogma. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The party should understand that the Republican base and conservatives on the ground “are more in line with Trump” than with past dogma. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) The administration’s response to the neoconservative depredations of the past decade was to revert to old dogmas: the dogmas of “realism”. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1n a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative he believed all the Marxist dogma Hyper doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school 2n a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof Syn|Hypo|Hyper tenet article of faith, credendum (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group |
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