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noun a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
noun a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
originFrom Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.
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