- Main Entry:
- dog·ma

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈdȯg-mə, ˈdäg-\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural dogmas also dog·ma·ta
\-mə-tə\
- Etymology:
- Latin dogmat-, dogma, from Greek, from dokein to seem — more at decent
- Date:
- 1638
1 a: something held as an established opinion; especially : a definite authoritative tenet b: a code of such tenets <pedagogical dogma> c: a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds2: a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church