dogma

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

   They believed all the nonsense dogma.

Simplified etymology

Dogma came into English through late Latin from Greek dogma, “opinion.” The Greek noun derives from dokein, meaning “seem good” or “think.”

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata. Compare decent.

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