ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -dogma, the explication and officially acceptable version of a religious teaching. The development of doctrines and dogmas has significantly affected the traditions, institutions, and practices of the religions of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -noun, plural dog·mas or (Rare) dog·ma·ta [dawg-muh-tuh]. an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption; the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.

Detailed explanation-3: -plural dogmas also dogmata-mət-ə : something considered as an established opinion. : a belief or body of beliefs concerning faith or morals laid down by a church.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.