different between persuasion vs dogma

English

Alternative forms

• perswasion (obsolete)

Etymology

From French persuasion and its source, Latin persu?si?, from persu?d?re, from su?d?re (“to advise, recommend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??swe??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??swe???n/

Noun

persuasion (countable and uncountable, plural persuasions)

1. The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.]
   • 2006, Rachel Morris, "Borderline Catastrophe", Washington Monthly, vol. 38:10:

     With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure.

2. An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone. [from 14th c.]
   • 1928, "The New Pictures", Time, 13 Feb 1928:

     Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions, prays and becomes penitent.

3. A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief. [from 16th c.]

   It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.

   • 2010, "We don't need gay stereotypes", The Guardian, 6 Feb 2010:

     Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions.

4. One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness. [from 16th c.]
5. A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology. [from 17th c.]
   • 2009, US Catholic (letter), May 2009:

     As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends.

6. (by extension, often humorous) Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature.
   • 1871 February 14, J.J., "More Solution", Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, page 105.

   • 1919, Pere Marquette Magazine, Vol. 11, page 19.

   • 1967, Taxes. The Tax Magazine, vol. 45, issue 2, page 698.

   • 1984, The Medical Journal of Australia, page 739.

   • 2015, Leslie Kelly, No More Bad Girls, in New Year's Resolution: Romance!: Say Yes\No More Bad Girls\Just a Fling, Harlequin, page 125.

Antonyms

• dissuasion

Derived terms

• persuade
• persuasive
• suasion

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin persuasio, from persuadere, from suadere (“to advise, recommend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?a.zj??/

Noun

persuasion f (plural persuasions)

1. persuasion

Further reading

• “persuasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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.