dog / dok
to seem, think; opinion
Greek · dokein / dogma (δοκεῖν, δόγμα)
Dog and dok words come from the Greek word for seeming and thinking. A dogma is an opinion laid down as truth, and a dogmatic person insists their view must be accepted.
Memory trick
Dogma sounds like a dog barking its opinion as if it were law.
Words from this root
- dogma (dogma) — a belief laid down as trueमान ली गई धार्मिक या सैद्धांतिक मान्यता
- dogmatic (dogmat + ic) — insisting on one's own viewअपनी बात पर अड़ा हुआ
- dogmatically (dogmatic + ally) — in an unquestioning, insistent wayअड़ियल ढंग से
- dogmatism (dogmat + ism) — rigid, unquestioning beliefकट्टर, अटल मान्यता
- dogmatize (dogmat + ize) — to state opinions as factराय को तथ्य की तरह थोपना
- nondogmatic (non + dogmatic) — open to other viewsदूसरों के विचारों के लिए खुला
- undogmatic (un + dogmatic) — not rigid in beliefअकट्टर, लचीला