doctrine

UK /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/ US /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

Catholic, Islamic, etc. | economic, legal, political, religious | revolutionary | classical, conventional, established, orthodox, traditional

high

The church maintained a high doctrine of strict moral discipline for all its members.

QUANT

point

The two religions disagreed on several points of doctrine regarding prayer and worship.

body

The Catholic Church has developed a substantial body of doctrine over many centuries.

VERB + DOCTRINE

advocate, expound, preach, proclaim, teach | defend | develop, establish, formulate, produce

accept, adhere to, adopt, be committed to, believe (in), embrace, subscribe to, support, uphold

The government adopted a new doctrine of environmental protection to combat climate change.

abandon, condemn, oppose, reject, undermine

The government decided to abandon the outdated economic doctrine that had failed for decades.

apply, invoke

reconcile

The priest helped reconcile Catholic doctrine with modern scientific understanding.

DOCTRINE + VERB

advocate sth

allow sth

The company's doctrine allowed employees to work from home two days a week.

PREP

in ~

The government officials disagreed about what was sound in doctrine and practice.

Definitions

noun

A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.

The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.

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.

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.

the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine

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Synonyms

noun — a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.

Wiktionary

The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

Wiktionary

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,

Wiktionary

That doctrine will no doubt lead to dismal consequences.

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That doctrine will no doubt lead to serious consequences.

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A famous Japanese poet does not approve of any fixed doctrine in haiku.

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