dogmas
Unquestioned official teachings
Dogmas are doctrines or beliefs held as authoritative and not open to question.
Religious dogmas are official teachings of a faith: the dogma of papal infallibility.
The word often carries negative connotations—suggesting rigid, unexamined beliefs imposed without evidence: They clung to economic dogmas long after the evidence contradicted them.
Someone who insists on dogmas without tolerance for dissent is dogmatic.
Structured belief framework
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- party lineOfficial political position
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
totalitarianism · Marxism · communism · fascism · nationalism · authoritarianism · absolutism · fundamentalism
Established body of teachings
- creedStatement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
canon · scripture · revelation · infallibility · papal · heresy · apostasy · faith
Self-evident starting principle
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- principleFundamental truth or standard
theory · paradigm · convention · orthodoxy · received wisdom · unquestioned · rigidity · closed-mindedness
Principles governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- policyAdopted principle of action
- traditionCustom passed through generations
convention · establishment · bureaucracy · hierarchy · conformity · protocol · procedure · mandate
ideology
Structured belief framework
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- party lineOfficial political position
- propagandaBiased information for influence
indoctrination · totalitarianism · Marxism · communism · fascism · nationalism · authoritarianism · absolutism · fundamentalism · extremism
doctrine
Established body of teachings
orthodoxy · canon · scripture · revelation · infallibility · papal · heresy · apostasy · faith · commandments
axiom
Self-evident starting principle
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
principle · theory · paradigm · convention · orthodoxy · received wisdom · unquestioned · rigidity · closed-mindedness · certainty
rules
Principles governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- policyAdopted principle of action
tradition · convention · establishment · bureaucracy · hierarchy · conformity · protocol · procedure · mandate · decree
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- Church decreesencyclicals, bulls, promulgations, canons, briefs
- church councilscouncils, synods, church councils, convocation, convocations
- Slavonic Texts
dogmasconjectures
Unverified assumptions or theories
sciences · empiricism · speculations · educated guesses · working assumptions
dogmasdoubts
Feelings of uncertainty
uncertainties · skepticism · agnosticism · open-mindedness · questioning
dogmasfree inquiry
Unrestrained pursuit of knowledge
critical thinking · scientific method · evidence-based reasoning · freethought · heterodoxies
- 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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