Dogma



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.教条, 信条
• ［类］ dogma : iconoclast / convention : maverick ( 攻击传统观念的人不相信教条 / 想法与众不同的人不相信传统) 反义词: heresy ( 异端邪说)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural dogmas; also dogmata)

• Etymology: Latin dogmat-, dogma, from Greek, from dokein to seem — more at decent
• Date: 1638
• 1.
  • a. something held as an established opinion; especially a definite authoritative tenet
  • b. a code of such tenets <pedagogical dogma>
  • c. a point of view or tenet put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds
• 2. a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals formally stated and authoritatively proclaimed by a church

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