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doctrine

/ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/ UK
/ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˈdɔk.tɹɪn/ Australia
/ˈdɒk.tɹən/ New Zealand
[ˈdɔ̟k.tɹən] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɑktɹɪn, -ɒktɹɪn

Where it 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.

noun doctrines

countable A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters. The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.
countable, uncountable 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?
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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ism, philosophy, doctrinal, creed, theology, religion, sect, teaching, ideology, orthodoxy, tenet, dogma, credo, stoicism, socialist, socialism

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noun belief

Español	doctrina
한국어	교의 gyoui, 교리 gyori, 독트린 dokteurin
日本語	教義 kyōgi, ドクトリン dokutorin, 教理 kyōri
中文	教條 /教条 jiàotiáo, 教義 /教义 jiàoyì, 教理 jiàolǐ
हिन्दी	मत mat, वाद vād
Português	doutrina
Français	doctrine
Deutsch	Doktrin
Italiano	dottrina
Ελληνικά	δόγμα dógma
Română	doctrină
Русский	доктри́на doktrína, ве́ра véra
Tiếng Việt	giáo lý, chủ nghĩa, giáo điều
العربية	مَذْهَب maḏhab, عَقِيدَة ʕaqīda
עברית	דּוֹקְטְרִינָה doktrína

noun body of beliefs or teachings

Español	doctrina
한국어	학설 hakseol, 독트린 dokteurin
日本語	学説 gakusetsu, ドクトリン dokutorin
中文	學說 /学说 xuéshuō
हिन्दी	शिक्षा śikṣā
Português	doutrina
Français	doctrine
Deutsch	Lehre, Doktrin
Italiano	dottrina
Română	doctrină
Русский	уче́ние učénije, доктри́на doktrína
Tiếng Việt	chủ nghĩa, học thuyết
العربية	تَعْلِيم taʕlīm

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"doctrine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/doctrine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

doctrine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/doctrine

Chicago

"doctrine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/doctrine.

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@misc{doctrine_2026,
  title = {doctrine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doctrine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}