Meaning of doctrine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters
2. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
   countable
3. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text
4. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
   countable, uncountable
5. A principle taught or advanced for belief, as by a religious or philosophical group:dogma, teaching, tenet.
6. A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries
7. A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.
   countable
8. a belief or set of beliefs which is taught. religious doctrines. leerstelling, doktrine مَذْهَب учение doutrina doktrína die Doktrin doktrin δόγμαdoctrina doktriin تعلیم؛ آموزه oppi doctrineדוקטרינה अवधारणा doktrina tan(tétel), (vallási) dogma ajaran, doktrin kenning; kenningakerfi dottrina 教義 교리 doktrina, teorija doktrīna, mācība fahaman doctrinetrossetning, læresetningdoktryna دوكتور ين، عقيده، مفكوره، صول، نص doutrina doctrină доктрина doktrína nauk doktrina doktrin ปรัชญา doktrin, öğreti ...
9. A principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group; dogma.
10. A rule or principle of law, especially when established by precedent.
11. A statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs and military strategy.
12. Archaic Something taught; a teaching.
    Archaic
13. (Philosophy) a creed or body of teachings of a religious, political, or philosophical group presented for acceptance or belief; dogma
14. a principle or body of principles that is taught or advocated
15. a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion.
16. a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject: the doctrine of a Church.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.”

“The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.”

“Metaphysics stagnates in scienceless (or uncritical) cultures; it is progressive in scientific ones. It progresses then because existing metaphysical doctrines are felt to be constricting frameworks, and thus unsatisfactory.”

“What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?”

“This one thing do we (compelled by your blaſphemous accuſations) repeat oftener then we would: to the end that indifferent men may ſee what doctrine it is, which you ſo maliciouſly impugne.”

“the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine”

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