different between axiom vs dogma

English

Etymology

From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axi?ma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (axí?ma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ????? (axió?, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ????? (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ??? (ág?, “I drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?aks.?.?m/
• (General American) enPR: ?k's??m, IPA^(key): /?æks.i.?m/
• Hyphenation: ax?i?om

Noun

axiom (plural axioms or axiomata) (the latter is becoming less common and is sometimes considered archaic)

1. (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
2. (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
3. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

Synonyms

• (philosophy, mathematics): axioma (now rare)
• (logic, mathematics): postulate

Hypernyms

• (logic): well-formed formula, wff, WFF

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): axiom of choice, axiom of infinity, axiom of pairing, axiom of power set, axiom of regularity, axiom of union, completeness axiom, parallel axiom

Holonyms

• (logic): formal system

Derived terms

• axiomatic
• axiomatical
• axiomatically
• axiomatise, axiomatize
• axiomatisation, axiomatization

Translations

See also

References

• axiom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• axiom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• axiom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amoxi

Czech

Noun

axiom m

1. axiom

Derived terms

• axiom výb?ru m

Related terms

• axiomatický
• axiomatizovat
• axiomatizace

Swedish

Noun

axiom n

1. axiom

Declension

Related terms

• axiomatisk

English

Etymology

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from ????? (doké?, “I seem good, think”). Treated in the 17c. -18c. as Greek, with plural dogmata.

Compare decent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??.m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??.m?/, /?d??.m?/
• Hyphenation: dog?ma

Noun

dogma (countable and uncountable, plural dogmas or dogmata)

1. 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.
2. A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• axioma
• creed

Anagrams

• GOMAD, go mad

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “belief”).

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmes)

1. dogma

Derived terms

• dogmatitzar

Related terms

• dogmàtic
• dogmatisme

Further reading

• “dogma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dogma” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dogma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dogma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?do?ma]

Noun

dogma n

1. dogma (authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion)

Declension

Related terms

• dogmatický
• dogmatik
• dogmatika
• dogmatismus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?x.ma?/
• Hyphenation: dog?ma

Noun

dogma n (plural dogmata or dogma's or dogmen, diminutive dogmaatje n)

1. dogma (colloquially with connotations of strictness and inflexibility)

Synonyms

• geloofspunt
• leerstelling
• leerstuk

Derived terms

• dogmaticus
• dogmatisch
• dogmatisme

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?ma/
• Hyphenation: dog?ma

Adjective

dogma (accusative singular dogman, plural dogmaj, accusative plural dogmajn)

1. dogmatic, dogmatical

Related terms

• dogmo

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “belief”).

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmas)

1. dogma

Derived terms

• dogmatizar

Related terms

• dogmático
• dogmatismo

Further reading

• “dogma” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from ????? (doké?, “I seem good, think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?do?m?]
• Hyphenation: dog?ma
• Rhymes: -m?

Noun

dogma (plural dogmák)

1. dogma (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)
2. dogma (a doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader)

Declension

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “belief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.ma/

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmi)

1. dogma

Related terms

• dogmatico

Further reading

• dogma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from ????? (doké?, “I suppose, think, evince”), from ??????? (dékhomai, “I take, accept”), from Proto-Indo-European *de?- (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?do?.ma/, [?d???mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?do?.ma/, [?d???m?]

Noun

dogma n (genitive dogmatis); third declension

1. A philosophic tenet, doctrine, dogma
2. A decree, order

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

• dogmaticus m
• dogmatistes m

Descendants

References

• dogma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dogma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dogma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dogma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• dogmene

Noun

dogma n

1. definite plural of dogme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dogma n

1. definite plural of dogme

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma, “belief”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?d??.m?/, /?d?.?i.m?/

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmas)

1. (chiefly religion and philosophy) dogma (an indisputable and authoritative principle or belief)

Related terms

• dogmático

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dô?ma/
• Hyphenation: dog?ma

Noun

d?gma f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. dogma

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek ????? (dógma), from ????? (doké?, “to seem good, think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?ma/, [?d?o??.ma]

Noun

dogma m (plural dogmas)

1. dogma

Derived terms

• dogma de fe
• dogmatizar

Related terms

• dogmático
• dogmatismo

Further reading

• “dogma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.