1.  dogma(n = noun.communication) tenet - a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof;
is a kind of church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine
has particulars: article of faith, credendum
Derived forms adjective dogmatic₁, verb dogmatize₂, verb dogmatize₁

2.  dogma(n = noun.cognition) - a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"
is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
Derived forms adjective dogmatic₃, adjective dogmatic₂, adjective dogmatical₁, verb dogmatize₂, verb dogmatize₁

dogma, n.
1 a a principle, tenet, or system of these, esp. as laid down by the authority of a Church. b such principles collectively.
2 an arrogant declaration of opinion.

Etymology:
L f. Gk dogma -matos opinion f. dokeo seem

N  belief, credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on, persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression, surmise, conclusion, tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep- rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets, credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles, catechism, assent, propaganda, credibility, believing, certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with, confiding, suspectless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, credulous, wedded to, believed, accredited, putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief, credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably, fiducial, fiduciary, persuasive, impressive, relating to belief, doctrinal, in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice, meseems, methinks, to the best of one's belief, I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, I'll warrant you, experto crede, fata viam invenient, Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides, live to explain thy doctrine by thy life, stands not within the prospect of belief, tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede.