E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Dogma (Greek). | |
A religious doctrine formally stated. It now means a statement resting on the ipse dixit of the speaker. Dogmatic teaching used to mean the teaching of religious doctrines, but now dogmatic means overbearing and dictatorial. (Greek dogma, gen. dogm tos, a matter of opinion; verb dokeo, to think, whence dogmatizo.) | 1 |
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