dogma

See also Dogma

English

WOTD – 13 February 2009    

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (“opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokeō, “I seem good, think”) (more at decent). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒɡ.mə/, X-SAMPA: /"dQ.gm@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdɑɡ.mə/, /ˈdɔɡ.mə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

dogma (plural dogmas or dogmata)

1. An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.

   The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as dogma

2. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

   In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ex cathedra to make them part of the official faith.

Derived terms

• dogmatic
• dogmatical
• dogmatics
• dogmatic theology
• dogmatism
• dogmatist
• dogmatize

Translations

authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion

• Armenian: դոգմա (hy) (dogma)
• Bulgarian: догма (bg) (dogma) f
• Catalan: dogma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教條 (cmn), 教条 (cmn) (jiàotiáo), 定論 (cmn), 定论 (cmn) (dìnglùn)

• Czech: dogma (cs)
• Danish: dogme (da) n
• Dutch: dogma (nl) n, geloofspunt (nl) n, leerstelling (nl) f, leerstuk (nl) n
• Finnish: dogmi (fi)

• French: dogme (fr) m
• German: Dogma (de) n
• Greek: δόγμα (el) (dógma) n
• Japanese: 定説 (ja) (ていせつ, teisetsu)
• Jèrriais: dogme m
• Norwegian: dogme (no) n
• Polish: dogmat (pl) m
• Russian: догма (ru) (dógma) f
• Scottish Gaelic: dearbh-bhriathar (gd) m
• Spanish: dogma (es) m

doctrine

• Armenian: դավանանք (hy) (davanank'), դոգմա (hy) (dogma)
• Bulgarian: доктрина (bg) (doktrina) f
• Catalan: dogma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教條 (cmn), 教条 (cmn) (jiàotiáo), 信條 (cmn), 信条 (cmn) (xìntiáo)

• Czech: dogma (cs)
• Danish: dogme (da) n
• Dutch: dogmatiek (nl)
• Esperanto: dogmo (eo)
• Finnish: dogmi (fi), doktriini (fi)

• Greek: δόγμα (el) (dógma) n
• Hungarian: dogma (hu)
• Ido: dogmato (io)
• Irish: dogma (ga) m
• Japanese: 教義 (ja) (きょうぎ, kyōgi)
• Manx: bun-chredjue (gv) m
• Norwegian: dogme (no) n
• Russian: вероучение (ru) (veroučénije) n, догма (ru) (dógma) f, доктрина (ru) (doktrína) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàth-theagasg (gd) m
• Spanish: dogma (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: dogma (pt) m

• Swedish: dogm (sv) c

See also

• axioma
• creed

Anagrams

• go mad

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Czech

Noun

dogma n

1. dogma (authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion)

Declension

    declension of dogma

	singular	plural
nominative	dogma	dogmata
genitive	dogmatu	dogmat
dative	dogmatu	dogmatům
accusative	dogma	dogmata
vocative	dogma	dogmata
locative	dogmatu	dogmatech
instrumental	dogmatem	dogmaty

Related terms

• dogmatický
• dogmatik
• dogmatika
• dogmatismus m

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Dutch

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Noun

dogma n (plural dogma's, diminutive dogmaatje)

1. A dogma

Synonyms

• geloofspunt n
• leerstelling
• leerstuk n

Derived terms

• dogmaticus m
• dogmatisch (adjective)
• dogmatisme n

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdoɡma/
• Hyphenation: dog‧ma

Adjective

dogma (plural dogmaj, accusative singular dogman, accusative plural dogmajn)

1. dogmatic, dogmatical

Related terms

• dogmo

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdoɡmɒ/
• Hyphenation: dog‧ma

Noun

dogma (plural dogmák)

1. A dogma

Declension

declension of dogma singular plural nominative dogma dogmák accusative dogmát dogmákat dative dogmának dogmáknak instrumental dogmával dogmákkal causal-final dogmáért dogmákért translative dogmává dogmákká terminative dogmáig dogmákig essive-formal dogmaként dogmákként essive-modal - - inessive dogmában dogmákban superessive dogmán dogmákon adessive dogmánál dogmáknál illative dogmába dogmákba sublative dogmára dogmákra allative dogmához dogmákhoz elative dogmából dogmákból delative dogmáról dogmákról ablative dogmától dogmáktól

possessives of dogma possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. dogmám dogmáim 2nd person sing. dogmád dogmáid 3rd person sing. dogmája dogmái 1st person plural dogmánk dogmáink 2nd person plural dogmátok dogmáitok 3rd person plural dogmájuk dogmáik

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Italian

Pronunciation

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Noun

dogma m (plural dogmi)

1. A dogma

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δόγμα (dogma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκεῖν (dokein, “to seem good, think”).

Noun

dogma (genitive dogmatis); n, third declension

1. A philosophic tenet, doctrine, dogma
2. A decree, order

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dogma	dogmata
genitive	dogmatis	dogmatum
dative	dogmatī	dogmatibus
accusative	dogma	dogmata
ablative	dogmate	dogmatibus
vocative	dogma	dogmata

Related terms

• dogmaticus m
• dogmatistes m

Descendants

Armenian: դոգմա Czech: dogma Danish: dogme Dutch: dogma

English: dogma Finnish: dogmi French: dogme German: Dogma

Hungarian: dogma Italian: dogma Norwegian: dogme

Portuguese: dogma Russian: догма Spanish: dogma

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Portuguese

Noun

dogma m

1. A dogma.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dôɡma/
• Hyphenation: dog‧ma

Noun

dȍgma f (Cyrillic spelling до̏гма)

1. dogma

Declension

    declension of dogma

	singular	plural
nominative	dȍgma	dogme
genitive	dogme	dȏgmā / dȏgmī
dative	dogmi	dogmama
accusative	dogmu	dogme
vocative	dogmo	dogme
locative	dogmi	dogmama
instrumental	dogmom	dogmama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dogma), from δοκέω (dokeō) "I seem good, think".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdoɡ.ma/

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmas)

1. dogma

Related terms

• dogmático
• dogmatismo