convictions, beliefs, doctrines or certainty of others, ignoring one’s own.


Dogma:
—noun, plural dog·mas or (Rare) dog·ma·ta [dawg-muh-tuh] Show IPA.

an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.


a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption; the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility. Synonyms: tenet, canon, law.

prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group: the difficulty of resisting political dogma.
a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle: the classic

etc., etc.