If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma, you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it.
[disapproval]
Their political dogma has blinded them to the real needs of the country.
He stands for freeing the country from the grip of dogma.
Synonyms: blind faith, certainty, unquestioning belief, arrogant conviction More Synonyms of dogma
More Synonyms of dogma
dogma in British English
(ˈdɒɡmə)
nounWord forms: plural-mas or -mata (-mətə)
1.
a religious doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true
2.
a belief, principle, or doctrine or a code of beliefs, principles, or doctrines
Marxist dogma
Word origin
C17: via Latin from Greek: opinion, belief, from dokein to seem good
dogma in American English
(ˈdɔgmə; ˈdɑgmə)
nounWord forms: pluralˈdogmas or ˈdogmata (ˈdɔgmətə; ˈdɑgmətə)
1.
a doctrine; tenet; belief
2.
doctrines, tenets, or beliefs, collectively
3.
a positive, arrogant assertion of opinion
4. Ecclesiastical
a doctrine or body of doctrines formally and authoritatively affirmed
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈdoctrine
Word origin
L, an opinion, that which one believes (in LL(Ec), a decree, order) < Gr, opinion,judgment < dokein, to seem: see decent
Examples of 'dogma' in a sentence
dogma
It takes religious dogma to do that.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is a long game, worthy of political consensus rather than political dogma.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The country cannot afford short-term political dogma or swings from one policy to another.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's not just political dogma.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Religious dogma is, of course, difficult to shake.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Finally, sense has dawned in the Vatican that religious dogma has cast a death sentence over millions.
The Sun (2006)
Although, grounded on rational arguments, industrialization shone in their eyes with the fervour of religious dogma.
Ramirez-Faria, Carlos The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations: A critique of Western theorieson development and underdevelopment (1990)
So if we have any popular narrative, it is probably a story about freeing ourselves from religious dogma through the advance of science and civil liberty.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
dogma
British English: dogma NOUN
If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma, you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it.
Their political dogma has blinded them to the real needs of the country.
American English: dogma
Brazilian Portuguese: dogma
Chinese: 教条
European Spanish: dogma
French: dogme
German: Dogma
Italian: dogma
Japanese: 教条
Korean: 독단
European Portuguese: dogma
Latin American Spanish: dogma
1 (noun)
freeing the country from the grip of dogma
Synonyms
blind faith
certainty
unquestioning belief
arrogant conviction
2 (noun)
Definition
a doctrine or system of doctrines proclaimed by authority as true
the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Synonyms
doctrine
the Marxist doctrine of perpetual revolution
teachings
principle
a violation of the basic principles of Marxism
opinion
article
belief
He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
creed
The centre is open to all, no matter what race or creed.
tenet
Non-violence is the central tenet of their faith.
precept
credo
article of faith
code of belief
kaupapa (New Zealand)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of belief
Definition
a principle, etc., accepted as true, often without proof
He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
Synonyms
faith,
principles,
doctrine,
ideology,
creed,
dogma,
tenet,
credence,
credo
in the sense of creed
Definition
a system of beliefs or principles
The centre is open to all, no matter what race or creed.