Dogma vs Reliance - What's the difference?
dogma | reliance |
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
The act of relying on someone or something; trust.
* Macaulay
The condition of being reliant or dependent.
A person or thing which relies on another.
Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.
* (Richardson)
As nouns the difference between dogma and reliance
is that dogma is while reliance is the act of relying on someone or something; trust.dogma
English
(wikipedia dogma)Noun
(en-noun)- ''The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as law.
- In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ''ex cathedra'' to make them part of the official faith.
Derived terms
* dogmatic * dogmatical * dogmatics * dogmatic theology * dogmatism * dogmatist * dogmatizeSee also
* axioma * creedAnagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----reliance
English
Noun
- In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value.
- The boat was a poor reliance .
