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doxa

UK/ˈdɒksə/US/ˈdɑksə/

doxa noun: popular opinion or belief.

Noun

doxa (plural doxas)

  1. Popular opinion or belief.
    • This doxa can vacillate in time and in space, however, particularly when it comes up against other perspectives, because they too can generate their own doxas.2015, Robert F. Barsky, Undocumented Immigrants in an Era of Arbitrary Law

Forms of doxa

pluraldoxas

Origin of doxa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόξα (dóxa).

Words that rhyme with doxa

Questions about doxa

What does doxa mean?
Doxa means popular opinion or belief.
What part of speech is doxa?
Doxa is a noun.
How do you pronounce doxa?
Doxa is pronounced /ˈdɒksə/ (UK).
What is the plural of doxa?
The plural of doxa is doxas.

Words near doxa in the dictionary

  1. Dowthwaite
  2. Dowthwaites
  3. Dowty
  4. Dowtys
  5. dox
  6. doxa
  7. doxacurium
  8. doxaminol
  9. doxanthrine
  10. doxantrazole
  11. doxapram

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