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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.

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