doctrine
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
Noun 3 meanings
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
“The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.”
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?”
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”
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.
DOCTRINE at a glance
DOCTRINE has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + O 1 + C 3 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,223 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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