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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
If new-age music is angelic but unbeholden to any religious dogma, Sunn O))) is demonic in the same way.
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Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
In the face of dogma, science offered space for uncertainty.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
Thinking big about free thought The Congressional Freethought Caucus, named for the philosophy prioritizing logic and reason over religious dogma, emerged from his disclosure.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
Its founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, established a religious dictatorship that subjugates the Iranian people under sharia law, while zealously exporting its dogma by force.
—Elan Journo, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
In the face of dogma, science offered space for uncertainty.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
Thinking big about free thought The Congressional Freethought Caucus, named for the philosophy prioritizing logic and reason over religious dogma, emerged from his disclosure.
—Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
Its founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, established a religious dictatorship that subjugates the Iranian people under sharia law, while zealously exporting its dogma by force.
—Elan Journo, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogma
Noun
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From their perspective, the war validated Iran’s military investments and doctrine.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Time,
10 Apr. 2026
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One of the famous cases involving the third-party doctrine involves microfiche in a bank.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Greater Israel is a political and religious ideology that says a majority of the Middle East should be part of the state of Israel.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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While some of the women who came here willingly embraced ISIS ideology and passed it on to their children, many others say they were trafficked or lured to the region through ignorance or under false pretenses.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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The thinker on whom Lawlor draws most extensively in her discussion of political reasonableness is John Rawls, that giant of postwar American political philosophy.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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His ability to slide inside on pass downs fits the 49ers’ philosophy, perhaps too much so.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Dogma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogma. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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