Dogma
Nounसिद्धांत
Definition
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
Contextual Sentence: "The rigid adherence to dogma hindered scientific progress."
💡 Memory Hook (Mnemonic): Dog + ma—imagine a dogma being fed to a dog (blindly followed).
Synonyms
doctrine
orthodoxy
tenet
Antonyms
heresy
skepticism
doubt