doctrine
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- noun
- /ˈdɑːktrɪn/
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doctrina
- The doctrine of universal salvation is a lie, is it not?
- religious doctrine
- Christian doctrine
- Catholic doctrine
And So what is the doctrine of necessity?
- And So what is the doctrine of necessity?
- So they don't know the doctrine which they themselves profess.
- And he does have doctrines in a sense.
- The Indians say the Pakistani doctrine is a bluff.
- And that was against our doctrine and it it didn't play to our strengths.
- These are people who who have bought into an evil doctrine, truly evil.
- There is a new foreign policy doctrine in Russia.
- They really wanted to to make sure that there was the fairness doctrine on the Internet.
- Thirdly, we follow in all NATO countries the doctrine of civilian control of armed forces.
- Kalam is simply the Arabic word for a a point of doctrine and denotes medieval Islamic theology.
- On the other hand, they say it's totalitarian, that these are doctrine that are being imposed on youth.
Examples
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There is a new foreign policy doctrine in Russia.
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This is arguably the most deeply rooted doctrine in contemporary medical ethics.
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This is the doctrine of Old Major.
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And it became sort of a almost a political doctrine in the old Soviet Union.
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Every creed, cult, religion and doctrine pass through these doors, all looking for the same sense of belonging and hope.
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The National Journal's Michael Hirsh argued that "the real Obama doctrine is to have no doctrine at all."
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Nationalism is often defined as a doctrine about how politically meaningful boundaries should be drawn.
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The doctrine of non-violence is central to many peaceful movements.
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Many schools have their own doctrine that guides their educational philosophy.
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The church teaches a doctrine that emphasizes love and compassion for others.
Synonyms
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Ideas and beliefs that guide a group's political and social actions
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3.4
Ideas or rules of a belief system
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4.5
A set of beliefs that guide a person or group
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A belief or rule that a group accepts as true
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A belief or idea leaders expect everyone to accept without question
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A set of ideas and values that shape how people think and act
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Traditional beliefs and practices accepted by a group, especially in religion
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An idea people accept as completely true
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A set of beliefs that guide how a person or group acts
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A set of beliefs that a faith group officially teaches
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A belief accepted without question by a group
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A set of official religious beliefs that a Christian church teaches
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Official religious beliefs and their study, especially in Christianity
A set of beliefs taught by a religious group
A main idea or group of ideas in a way of thinking
A set of ideas about life, knowledge, or right and wrong that people accept and follow
Antonyms
Compounds
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An American policy warning European countries not to control or interfere in the Americas
- Jargon
A legal rule that lets courts change gifts so they follow the giver's wishes when the original plan is impossible
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The idea that human words describe God only partly because God is very different
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Religious teachings that stress a ceremony using water to show a person's choice to join the church
A U.S. policy to give money and military help to countries threatened by communism
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doctrine comes from the Latin root docere, which means 'to teach', and you can see the same root in familiar words like doctor and docile. So a doctrine is a group of ideas that are 'taught' and expected to be followed.