dogma

Meaning

Noun

• An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
• A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

Origin

• From Latin dogma ("philosophical tenet"), from Ancient Greek δόγμα ("opinion, tenet"), from δοκέω. Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata.
• Compare decent.