dogma
noun
[ ˈdɒɡmə ]
• a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
• "the dogmas of faith"
Similar:
teaching,
belief,
conviction,
tenet,
principle,
ethic,
precept,
maxim,
article of faith,
canon,
law,
rule,
creed,
credo,
code of belief,
set of beliefs,
set of principles,
doctrine,
ideology,
orthodoxy,
blind faith,
unquestioning belief,
certainty,
invincible conviction,
unchallengeable conviction,
arrogant conviction,
Opposite:
doubt,
open-mindedness,
Origin:
mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek dogma ‘opinion’, from dokein ‘seem good, think’.
