Meaning

(countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
2. (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
3. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

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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Use doctrine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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