Dogma's the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it's authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from. The term derives from Greek δόγμα "that which seems to one, opinion or belief" and that from δοκέω (dokeo), "to think, to suppose, to imagine". The plural's either dogmas or dogmata, from Greek δόγματα. At the core of the dogma concept's absolu… (
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