Dictionary

doctrine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔk.tɹɪn/ (Australia)
• dǒkˈ -trǐn
• [ˈdɔ̟k.tɹən] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɒk.tɹən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• (California) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
   • 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. 2012, Joseph Agassi, Science in Flux:
   • The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.
   • The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
2. (countable, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
   • 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. 1560, John Knox, An Answere to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations Written by an Anabaptist, and aduersarie to Gods eternall Predestination, London: Thomas Charde, published 1591, page 95:
   • What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?
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.
   • the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine

Forms

Deriveds

prosperity doctrine · doctrinable · endoctrine · spider in the web doctrine · counterdoctrine · Monroe Doctrine · tender years doctrine · Monro-Kellie doctrine · doctrine of necessity · legal doctrine · castle doctrine · first-sale doctrine · living tree doctrine · Bell doctrine · original package doctrine · fairness doctrine · Alford doctrine · blue pencil doctrine · doctrine of signatures · doctrine of equivalents · doctrine of foreign equivalents · doctrinism · doctrineless · abstention doctrine · undoctrined · professional rescuers doctrine · Zapple doctrine · plain view doctrine · doctrine of philosophical necessity · wage-fund doctrine

Relateds

doctrinally · doctor · docile · doctrinize · docent · indoctrinate · doctrinaire · doctorate · document · doctrinal · doctrinization

Translations (195)

uk доктри́на (belief) · tl aral (body of beliefs or teachings) · af doktrine (body of beliefs or teachings) · az təlim (body of beliefs or teachings) · nrf doctrinne (body of beliefs or teachings) · mi whakaakoranga (belief) · cs učení (body of beliefs or teachings) · cmn 教理 (belief) · nl leer (body of beliefs or teachings) · my အယူဝါဒ (body of beliefs or teachings) · tr doktrin (belief) · da lære (body of beliefs or teachings) · sv doktrin (belief) · be ве́ра (belief) · uz doktrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · ba тәғлимәт (body of beliefs or teachings) · fa-ira مَذْهَب (belief) · cmn 教條 /教条 (belief) · lv doktrīna (body of beliefs or teachings) · nb doktrine (belief) · el δόγμα (belief) · nn læresetning (belief) · hi मत (belief) · fa-ira دُکْتُرین (body of beliefs or teachings) · sl vera (belief) · mk вера (belief) · fi opinkappale (belief) · uz doktrina (belief) · kk оқу (body of beliefs or teachings) · lt doktrina (belief) · ko 독트린 (body of beliefs or teachings) · uk ві́ра (belief) · bg уче́ние (body of beliefs or teachings) · az doktrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · ar تَعْلِيم (body of beliefs or teachings) · es doctrina (belief) · pl doktryna (body of beliefs or teachings) · ko 독트린 (belief) · de Lehre (body of beliefs or teachings) · sl doktrina (belief) · gd teagasg (belief) · ga foirceadal (body of beliefs or teachings) · tg доктрина (belief) · ga foirceadal (belief) · km លទ្ធិ (belief) · fi periaate (belief) · vi giáo lý (belief) · af doktrine (belief) · lo ລັດທິ (belief) · fr doctrine (body of beliefs or teachings) · my အယူဝါဒ (belief) · es doctrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · fi doktriini (body of beliefs or teachings) · ba ҡараш (belief) · et doktriin (belief) · hy վարդապետություն (body of beliefs or teachings) · tg таълимот (body of beliefs or teachings) · vi chủ nghĩa (belief) · ja ドクトリン (belief) · sh doktrína (belief) · he דּוֹקְטְרִינָה (belief) · ky доктрина (belief) · ca doctrina (belief) · fa-ira تَعْلیم (body of beliefs or teachings) · ro doctrină (belief) · de Doktrin (body of beliefs or teachings) · sk doktrína (belief) · cmn 學說 /学说 (body of beliefs or teachings) · fr doctrine (belief) · gl doutrina (belief) · da læresætning (belief) · nn doktrine (belief) · tg мазҳаб (belief) · sk doktrína (body of beliefs or teachings) · nb læresetning (belief) · gl doutrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · hy սկզբունք (belief) · mk доктрина (belief) · pi laddhi (belief) · ja 学説 (body of beliefs or teachings) · ko 학설 (body of beliefs or teachings) · ja 教理 (belief) · hy ուսմունք (body of beliefs or teachings) · ja 教義 (belief) · lv doktrīna (belief) · ky окуу (body of beliefs or teachings) · vi chủ nghĩa (body of beliefs or teachings) · nn læresetning (body of beliefs or teachings) · et doktriin (body of beliefs or teachings) · ur عَقِیدَہ (belief) · th ลัทธิ (belief) · da dogmatik (body of beliefs or teachings) · ko 교의 (belief) · ky таалим (body of beliefs or teachings) · ko 교리 (belief) · th ลัทธิ (body of beliefs or teachings) · tr öğreti (body of beliefs or teachings) · hy դավանանք (body of beliefs or teachings) · sv lära (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh доктри́на (body of beliefs or teachings) · my ဝါဒ (belief) · mi whakaakoranga (body of beliefs or teachings) · lt doktrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · kk доктрина (belief) · bg доктри́на (belief) · sq doktrinë (belief) · sk viera (belief) · cy dysgeidiaeth (body of beliefs or teachings) · uk доктри́на (body of beliefs or teachings) · yi לערע (body of beliefs or teachings) · id doktrin (belief) · it dottrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · pl doktryna (belief) · hu doktrína (belief) · sh vjȅra (belief) · ba фекер (belief) · nrf doctrinne (belief) · sh ùčēnje (body of beliefs or teachings) · fi opinkäsitys (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh вје̏ра (belief) · pi vāda (belief) · cs doktrína (body of beliefs or teachings) · ca doctrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · nb lære (body of beliefs or teachings) · tr doktrin (body of beliefs or teachings) · tg доктрина (body of beliefs or teachings) · kk доктрина (body of beliefs or teachings) · sv doktrin (body of beliefs or teachings) · be вучэ́нне (body of beliefs or teachings) · ga teagasc (belief) · sq doktrinë (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh doktrína (body of beliefs or teachings) · ru уче́ние (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh ве̏ра (belief) · tr öğreti (belief) · tg таълим (body of beliefs or teachings) · pt doutrina (belief) · be дактры́на (body of beliefs or teachings) · ky доктрина (body of beliefs or teachings) · bg вя́ра (belief) · te సిద్ధాంతం (belief) · hy դոկտրին (body of beliefs or teachings) · gd teagasg (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh доктри́на (belief) · id doktrin (body of beliefs or teachings) · lv mācība (body of beliefs or teachings) · cmn 教義 /教义 (belief) · nn doktrine (body of beliefs or teachings) · tr ilke (belief) · tt тәгълимат (body of beliefs or teachings) · nb doktrine (body of beliefs or teachings) · nl doctrine (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh у̀че̄ње (body of beliefs or teachings) · bg доктри́на (body of beliefs or teachings) · ur مَذْہَبْ (belief) · fi oppi (body of beliefs or teachings) · uk уче́ння (body of beliefs or teachings) · ar عَقِيدَة (belief) · cs víra (belief) · ka დოქტრინა (belief) · da doktrin (belief) · sa वाद (belief) · bn মতবাদ (belief) · sk učenie (body of beliefs or teachings) · ga teagasc (body of beliefs or teachings) · hi शिक्षा (body of beliefs or teachings) · mk учење (body of beliefs or teachings) · ru доктри́на (belief) · uz talimot (body of beliefs or teachings) · nb læresetning (body of beliefs or teachings) · sl doktrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · nl doctrine (belief) · sl učenje (body of beliefs or teachings) · it dottrina (belief) · mk доктрина (body of beliefs or teachings) · ru доктри́на (body of beliefs or teachings) · sh vȅra (belief) · pt doutrina (body of beliefs or teachings) · be дактры́на (belief) · ro doctrină (body of beliefs or teachings) · ar مَذْهَب (belief) · de Doktrin (belief) · hy հիմնադրույթ (belief) · grc δόγμα (belief) · te సిద్ధాంతం (body of beliefs or teachings) · tr talim (body of beliefs or teachings) · vi học thuyết (body of beliefs or teachings) · cy athrawiaeth (body of beliefs or teachings) · cs doktrína (belief) · vi giáo điều (belief) · ja ドクトリン (body of beliefs or teachings) · hi वाद (belief) · ru ве́ра (belief) · fa-ira دُکْتُرین (belief) · sv lära (belief)