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–noun

1.	a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.

2.	something that is taught; teachings collectively: religious doctrine.

3.	a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject: the doctrine of the Catholic Church.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < AF < L doctrīna teaching, equiv. to doct(o)r doctor + -īna -ine²

]

—Synonyms 1. tenet, dogma, theory, precept, belief.

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n.

A principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group; dogma.
A rule or principle of law, especially when established by precedent.
A statement of official government policy, especially in foreign affairs and military strategy.
Archaic Something taught; a teaching.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrīna, from doctor, teacher; see doctor.]

Synonyms: These nouns denote a principle taught, advanced, or accepted, as by a group of philosophers: the legal doctrine of due process; church dogma; experimentation, one of the tenets of the physical sciences.

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c.1380, from O.Fr. doctrine (12c.), from L. doctrina "teaching, body of teachings, learning," from doctor "teacher" (see doctor). The Monroe Doctrine in U.S. history was first used 1848, in reference to principles of policy contained in the message of President Monroe to Congress on Dec. 2, 1823. Doctrinaire "one who tries to apply some doctrine without regard for practicality" was borrowed from Fr. 1820; in France, originally of those who tried to reconcile liberty with royal authority after 1815; the broader sense in Eng. is attested from 1831.

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doctrine
noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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doctrine [ˈdoktrin] noun

a belief or set of beliefs which is taught
Example: religious doctrines

Arabic:	مَذْهَب
Chinese (Simplified):	教义；学说
Chinese (Traditional):	教義；學說
Czech:	doktrína
Danish:	doktrin
Dutch:	doctrine
Estonian:	doktriin
Finnish:	oppi
French:	doctrine
German:	die Doktrin
Greek:	δόγμα
Hungarian:	tan(tétel), (vallási) dogma
Icelandic:	kenning; kenningakerfi
Indonesian:	ajaran, doktrin
Italian:	dottrina

Japanese:	教義
Korean:	주의, 원리
Latvian:	doktrīna, mācība
Lithuanian:	doktrina, teorija
Norwegian:	trossetning, læresetning
Polish:	doktryna
Portuguese (Brazil):	doutrina
Portuguese (Portugal):	doutrina
Romanian:	doctrină
Russian:	доктрина
Slovak:	doktrína
Slovenian:	nauk
Spanish:	doctrina
Swedish:	doktrin
Turkish:	doktrin, öğreti

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Main Entry: doc·trine
Pronunciation: 'däk-tr&n
Function: noun
: a principle established through judicial decisions —compare LAW, PRECEDENT —doc·tri·nal /-tr&-n&l/ adjective

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Doctrine

Doc`tri*naire"\, n. [F. See Doctrine.] One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

Note: In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. --Am. Cyc.

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