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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
The point of dogma is to define and defend the borders of acceptable opinion, and brand anyone who goes outside them as quite simply a heretic.
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Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Still, the results are enough to question the dogma of hybrid works as a here-to-stay scenario.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
In classical Greek, dogma referred to a philosophical tenet or decree.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In Sister Deborah, real liberation lies in eschewing conformity to any dogma, even the Bible.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Arianna Huffington, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Still, the results are enough to question the dogma of hybrid works as a here-to-stay scenario.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
In classical Greek, dogma referred to a philosophical tenet or decree.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In Sister Deborah, real liberation lies in eschewing conformity to any dogma, even the Bible.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogma
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Courts in at least five states – Montana, New York, Washington, Vermont and Oregon – have rejected the open fields doctrine, finding it’s not supported by their state constitutions.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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OpenAI argued that the fair use doctrine protects them.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Cohen is obviously fully on board with Stearns’ philosophy of limiting free-agent deals to three years or fewer (the Soto contract of course being the notable exception).—
Bill Madden,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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This philosophy regulates everything from public education offerings to policies encouraging childbearing among locals.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Jan. 2025
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Regardless, Biden's impact on the ideology of the district courts shouldn't be discarded out of hand.—
Cooper Burton,
ABC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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Only someone thoroughly marinated in gender ideology could believe this of a doctor who was just trying to raise the alarm about deceit in the treatment of children.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Dogma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogma. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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