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doctrine.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˈdɔk.tɹɪn/Australia/ˈdɒk.tɹən/New-Zealand
  1. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

    countable
    The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.
    The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
  2. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.

    countable · uncountable
    What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?
  3. 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
    the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

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