dogma
a fixed doctrine or belief
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Other words with the dogm root
Other words with the dox root
- dogmatic: asserting opinions as unquestionable truth
- dogmatism: rigid attachment to doctrine or opinion
- dogmatist: person who states opinions as unquestionable truth
- heterodox: departing from accepted belief or doctrine
- heterodoxy: departure from accepted belief or doctrine
- orthodox: conforming to accepted or traditional belief
- orthodoxy: accepted or traditional belief system
Dogma is doctrine hardened into something treated as settled.
The class questioned the old dogma instead of accepting it as untouchable.