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a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church
the Catholic dogma of the bodily assumption of the Virgin Mary
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Recent Examples of dogma
Backing off the anti-transgender, anti-vaccine, anti-women’s reproductive rights dogma would be sensible as well.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
The language of radicals and extremists is not born in the margins, as the folklore has gone about replacement theory, the foul dogma the gunman used to justify his slaughter in Buffalo.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 May 2022
Spiritualism allowed practitioners to forgo religious authority, scripture, and dogma when accessing the spirit world.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
The symbolism of debuting the presentation in Dallas–where Roe v. Wade was first argued in 1970 before reaching the Supreme Court in 1973–and in Texas–where dogma and control trump safety for pregnant women–is not lost on the curators.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
The language of radicals and extremists is not born in the margins, as the folklore has gone about replacement theory, the foul dogma the gunman used to justify his slaughter in Buffalo.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 May 2022
Spiritualism allowed practitioners to forgo religious authority, scripture, and dogma when accessing the spirit world.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
The symbolism of debuting the presentation in Dallas–where Roe v. Wade was first argued in 1970 before reaching the Supreme Court in 1973–and in Texas–where dogma and control trump safety for pregnant women–is not lost on the curators.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogma
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Read: The collapse of the Khamenei doctrine The end of the Axis is good news.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Russia updated its nuclear doctrine last month to justify a nuclear strike in response to an attack on Russia by a non-nuclear country, if they are backed by a nuclear-armed nation.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Rather than just the building blocks of a digital product, design systems can be thought of as the visual language of a product, guided by a design philosophy that incorporates UI components, code snippets, design files, style guides, and other resources.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Numerous factors could be playing a role in the shifting operating philosophy of Moreno, who has long declined The Athletic’s interview requests.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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As with any artistic project that focuses on extremism and mass violence, The Order’s production team walked a fine line between showing Mathews’ magnetism and the murderous project at the heart of his ideology and actions.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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At Michigan, which embraced DEI ideology as much as any other school, the university did not previously have an institution-wide policy on DEI statements in hiring, which allowed units of the university to solicit such statements.The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Dogma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogma. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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