political dogma

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• dogma — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ old, traditional ▪ current, prevailing ▪ rigid ▪ central ▪ the central dogma …   Collocations dictionary

• dogma — dog|ma [ˈdɔgmə US ˈdo:gmə, ˈda:gmə] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: Greek dokein to seem ] a set of firm beliefs held by a group of people who expect other people to accept these beliefs without thinking about them… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dogma — [[t]dɒ̱gmə, AM dɔ͟ːg [/t]] dogmas N VAR: usu with supp (disapproval) If you refer to a belief or a system of beliefs as a dogma, you disapprove of it because people are expected to accept that it is true, without questioning it. Their political… …   English dictionary

• dogma — /dawg meuh, dog /, n., pl. dogmas, dogmata / meuh teuh/. 1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church. 2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption. 3. prescribed doctrine:… …   Universalium

• political correctness — noun a) The concept that one has to shape their statements (if not their opinions) according to a certain political dogma, i.e. to be politically correct. 2002 I mean, people who talk about political correctness as being a kind of thought police… …   Wiktionary

• dogma — dog•ma [[t]ˈdɔg mə, ˈdɒg [/t]] n. pl. mas, ma•ta [[t] mə tə[/t]] 1) rel a system of principles or tenets, as of a church 2) rel a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively put forth, as by a church 3) prescribed doctrine: political dogma[/ex] 4) …   From formal English to slang

• Dogma — For other uses, see Dogma (disambiguation). Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, or a particular group or organization[1]. It is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted, or diverged from, by the practitioners or… …   Wikipedia

• political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …   Universalium

• dogma — n. 1) political; religious dogma 2) the dogma that + clause (they rejected the dogma that the earth is the center of the universe) * * * [ dɒgmə] religious dogma political the dogma that + clause (they rejected the dogma that the earth is the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• dogma — UK [ˈdɒɡmə] / US [ˈdɔɡmə] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dogma : singular dogma plural dogmas a belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without asking questions about them political/religious dogma Their opposition to …   English dictionary

• Political religion — State religion and civil religion are separate topics. In the terminology of some scholars working in sociology, a political religion is a political ideology with cultural and political power equivalent to those of a religion, and often having… …   Wikipedia