Associations to the word «Dogma»

Wiktionary

DOGMA, noun. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
DOGMA, noun. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

Dictionary definition

DOGMA, noun. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
DOGMA, noun. A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope