dogma

1. 1.

   a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

   Synonymstenet

   Broaderreligious doctrine

   Narrowerarticle of faith
2. 2.

   a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

   “he believed all the Marxist dogma”

   Broaderdoctrine

Other forms of dogma

plural

dogmata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dogma

What does dogma mean?

dogma means "a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dogma?

dogma has 2 syllables: dog-ma. The stress falls on "dog". In IPA it is /ˈdɑɡmə/.

What is another word for dogma?

Close synonyms include tenet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dogma a common word?

dogma is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.