DOGMA
What does "DOGMA" mean?
A principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as unquestionably true.
Meanings
- A belief or doctrine that a religious or political authority holds to be incontrovertibly true. The council formally defined the doctrine as church dogma.
- A fixed opinion or set of opinions accepted without question or independent examination. He rejected the dogma that long hours always mean good work.
Did you know?
- 'Dogma' shares its root with 'orthodox' and 'paradox': all three trace back to the Greek 'dokein', 'to seem good' or 'to think' - so the word for fixed belief began as a word for mere opinion.
Word origin
From Greek 'dogma' ('that which one thinks is true, an opinion, decree'), from 'dokein' ('to seem, to think good'); via Latin 'dogma' into English in the 1600s.
Remember it
DOGMA loyally follows its master's word - like a DOG that won't be argued out of a command.
A little poem
Once it was only what seemed true-
then someone carved it into stone
and forbade the chisel a second pass.
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Wordplay
- I told my philosophy professor my beliefs were unshakeable. She said, “That's not conviction - that's just dogma with good posture.”
What it teaches
A belief stops being yours the moment you forbid yourself to question it.
Quick facts
What does DOGMA mean?
A principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as unquestionably true.
Is DOGMA a valid word?
Yes — DOGMA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DOGMA?
DOGMA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DOGMA come from?
From Greek 'dogma' ('that which one thinks is true, an opinion, decree'), from 'dokein' ('to seem, to think good'); via Latin 'dogma' into English in the 1600s.
What can DOGMA teach us?
A belief stops being yours the moment you forbid yourself to question it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.