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a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church
the Catholic dogma of the bodily assumption of the Virgin Mary
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Recent Examples of dogma
But Wolfe’s good point, in his writing on architecture, was that there was an immense reservoir of idiomatic American style that deserved to be taken as seriously—or, more to the point, as joyfully—as any European art-school dogma.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Net-zero always was a farcical, unscientific and unrealistic dogma designed to reorder societies and increase government and bureaucratic control over the economy, with ever-diminishing freedom for individuals.
—Peter Murphy, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
The United States seems to be the only major nation that’s in the grip of such mercenary and selfish dogma.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Speaking on a conservative podcast, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin referred to climate change as dogma rather than science.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Net-zero always was a farcical, unscientific and unrealistic dogma designed to reorder societies and increase government and bureaucratic control over the economy, with ever-diminishing freedom for individuals.
—Peter Murphy, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
The United States seems to be the only major nation that’s in the grip of such mercenary and selfish dogma.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Speaking on a conservative podcast, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin referred to climate change as dogma rather than science.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogma
Noun
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Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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If that fails, youth could back a Prime Minister from outside Parliament, invoking the doctrine of necessity—though this risks overstepping constitutional limits.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s philosophies continue to be debated among Republican lawmakers and voters as to whether his more populist ideals will stick with the GOP once his long run as party leader eventually comes to a close.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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People such as Richard Florida make the city-as-business philosophy seem appealing, but there’s something bigger going on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My own daughter was recruited into a radical ideology.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Dogma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogma. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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