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DOGMA

dogma

[dawg-muh, dog-] 

 

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noun, plural dogmas or (Rare) dogmata 

 [dawg-muh-tuh] (Show IPA)

1.

an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals,behavior, etc., as of a church.

Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.

2.

a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church:the dogma of the Assumption;

the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.

Synonyms: tenet, canon, law.

3.

prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group:

the difficulty of resisting political dogma.

4.

a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle:

the classic dogma of objectivity in scientific observation.

Synonyms: conviction, certainty.

In other words, one do not need intellect anymore. Just accept the principles as laid down by whichever ideas one is told to accept.

Funnily, most of the similar terms arise as a result of certain doctrines forcing themselves on to the masses to accept.