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as in theology
a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church
the Catholic Church's doctrine on the Eucharist
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Recent Examples of doctrine
Communists and socialists bickered over doctrine and orthodoxy.
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
To operate effectively, coalition forces need joint doctrines, training cycles, and logistics systems.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
But fair use doctrine is a defense, not a blanket right, and whether mass training of AI models qualifies is now being tested in court.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
To operate effectively, coalition forces need joint doctrines, training cycles, and logistics systems.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
But fair use doctrine is a defense, not a blanket right, and whether mass training of AI models qualifies is now being tested in court.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
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As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Sep. 2025
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In 1520 Luther himself had written a short but powerful tract, one of the three great Reformation writings from that year setting out his theology, titled The Freedom of a Christian.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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This year, South Korea will be recognized as the Country of Honor, with a strand exploring the history and philosophy of Korean cinema and its global reach.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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In line with her recent beauty philosophy, the star opted for a minimal makeup look with flushed cheeks and a subtle pink lip.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But our design principle has always been trying to avoid accidents as much as possible.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the lawsuit, lawyers for the state and the city said the move breached the principles of the US Constitution and risked stoking new unrest.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Generally, Antifa describes those in opposition to fascism and far-right neo-Nazi ideologies, tracing their roots to 20th-century resistance movements in Europe.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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And hatred rather than ideology is the animating force?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Leninism as a living mobilizational ideology had run its revolutionary course and was now the stale dogma of the lip-service state.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Data against dogma After Trump shared his personal feelings about vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics rushed to release a statement, first refuting any link between vaccines and autism and then warning against spacing out vaccine doses.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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High-profile stars and politicians of all creeds have been up in arms and ABC owner Disney has come in for particularly stern criticism over the very live situation.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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Antisemites denounced Jews both as capitalists and as communists—two creeds international in scope.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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