doctrine
//ˈdɒk.tɹɪn//
formalForms
- Plural
- doctrines
Definitions
1.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.
2.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?
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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3516
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English
From Old French
From Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”)
From doctor (“a teacher”)
From docere (“to teach”); see doctor.