Synonyms for dogma
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
Forms
- Plural
- dogmas → tenets, doctrines, beliefs, faiths…
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A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- belief She helped him in the belief that he was innocent.
- doctrine Tom has a doctrine of "not rocking the boat".
- tenet The oneness of God is the most central tenet in Islam.
By length
- 5 letters
- faith1, creed1, tenet2
- 6 letters
- belief2
- 7 letters
- precept2
- 8 letters
- doctrine2
- 9 letters
- principle3
- 10 letters
- persuasion3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenet2 = 2 syllables).