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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
Alarmed, Augustine hardened his doctrine of grace, becoming its great theorist.
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Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The destruction of the doctrine led directly to the creation of the right-wing talk-radio program The Rush Limbaugh Show the next year and, less than a decade later, of Fox News — a political movement giving direct rise to a fiercely partisan and sometimes fact-agnostic right-wing media.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
But the doctrine was always controversial.
—John Eger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
The likely resolution lies in the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The destruction of the doctrine led directly to the creation of the right-wing talk-radio program The Rush Limbaugh Show the next year and, less than a decade later, of Fox News — a political movement giving direct rise to a fiercely partisan and sometimes fact-agnostic right-wing media.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
But the doctrine was always controversial.
—John Eger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
The likely resolution lies in the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers.
—Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
Noun
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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
Noun
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Over the years, Edition has extended this philosophy beyond its collections by introducing podcasts, short films, print essays and live talks, creating space for dialogue rather than leaning on traditional marketing.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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This essay is an installment of The Long Game, a Big Think Business column focused on the philosophy and practice of long-term thinking by Eric Markowitz, a partner at Nightview Capital.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Every Monday after an Eagles game, Nick Sirianni reviews a personal checklist based on his core principles to determine how his team played — win or lose.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The right to citizenship at birth has long been a bedrock principle in the United States, widely accepted to have been granted by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even during the most secluded communist era, Soviet ideology was a Russian iteration of Karl Marx’s philosophy.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Divided by borders, and further fragmented by custom and belief into tribelets of ideology, each suspicious and distrustful of the other.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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To her, this smelled of dogma no less than the Church’s certainties.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 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
Noun
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Yet Weil would not surrender her conscience to any creed.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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