Dogma
Unquestioned official belief
Dogma is a set of beliefs or principles held to be unquestionably true, especially those proclaimed by a religious authority: church dogma, Catholic dogma.
The term often carries a negative connotation when applied outside religion, suggesting rigid thinking that resists evidence or debate: He rejected the economic dogma of his party.
Someone who clings to dogma is dogmatic.
Established body of teachings
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- party lineOfficial political position
propaganda · indoctrination · zealotry · absolutism · totalitarianism · Marxism · fanaticism · groupthink
Established body of teachings
- creedStatement of belief
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
canon · articles of faith · papal · infallibility · revelation · heresy · apostasy · scripture
Self-evident starting principle
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- first principleFoundational assumption for reasoning
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- a prioriIndependent of experience
foundationalism · skepticism · questioning · Socratic · critical thinking · empiricism · rationalism · epistemology
Adopted principle of action
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
edict · rule · regulation · corporate · bureaucratic · establishment · hierarchy · authority
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
party line · propaganda · indoctrination · zealotry · absolutism · totalitarianism · Marxism · fanaticism · groupthink · conformity
doctrine
Established body of teachings
orthodoxy · canon · articles of faith · papal · infallibility · revelation · heresy · apostasy · scripture · commandment
axiom
Self-evident starting principle
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- first principleFoundational assumption for reasoning
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
a priori · foundationalism · skepticism · questioning · Socratic · critical thinking · empiricism · rationalism · epistemology · certainty
policy
Adopted principle of action
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
decree · edict · rule · regulation · corporate · bureaucratic · establishment · hierarchy · authority · compliance
- film movementsFrench New Wave, nouvelle vague, neorealism, cinema verite
- Lionsgate FilmsHunger Games, Twilight, John Wick, Divergent, La La Land
- controversial filmsA Clockwork Orange, Caligula, Deep Throat, Natural Born Killers, Basic Instinct
- Political TextsThe Communist Manifesto, Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, The Prince, The Social Contract
- Stormtroopersstormtrooper, shock trooper, heavy
Dogmafree inquiry
Unrestrained pursuit of knowledge
open-mindedness · freethinking · skepticism · intellectual freedom · free thought
Dogmaempiricism
Knowledge through observation
scientific method · evidence-based reasoning · rationalism · experimentation · hypothesis testing
Dogmaskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
doubt · questioning · uncertainty · agnosticism · tentativeness
- Central dogma
- religious dogmaFixed spiritual beliefs
- Christian dogmaOfficial church teachings
- Catholic dogmaInfallible religious teaching
- church dogmaOfficial religious doctrine
- dogmatic beliefAssertion accepted as absolute truth
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