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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
The doctrine instructs that an erroneous fact in a story is not, by itself, sufficient for a defamation claim.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Courts, for their part, developed legal doctrines that require them to presume the President’s good faith in deferring to him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The day stands in direct opposition to the Western doctrine of discovery and the mythologizing of colonization.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
The question is no longer whether China intends to move but if Taiwan, armed with Western tech, indigenous innovation, and a new drone doctrine, can make the cost too high for Beijing to pay.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Courts, for their part, developed legal doctrines that require them to presume the President’s good faith in deferring to him.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
The day stands in direct opposition to the Western doctrine of discovery and the mythologizing of colonization.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
The question is no longer whether China intends to move but if Taiwan, armed with Western tech, indigenous innovation, and a new drone doctrine, can make the cost too high for Beijing to pay.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
Noun
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Well-meaning theology can wound.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Duns is chairman of Marquette's theology department.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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That philosophy holds, too, for a considerable business like REI.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Oct. 2025
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Abundantia stressed the philosophy of Abundantia aiOn would be ‘Human First, AI Empowered’, with an aim to explore how artificial intelligence can empower creators and act as a creative accelerator.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Atmospheric principles and folktales, spirit and substance, opposites and inversions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The fabrics utilize the same aerodynamic principles as a golf ball, whose dimpled surface causes a ball to fly further by using turbulence to reduce drag.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Oct. 2025
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Eight candidates with differing ideologies, ranging from conservative to liberal, are vying for four open positions on the seven-member board of the Gardner Edgerton United School District 231 in southern Johnson County.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, allowing men but not women to have multiple spouses is clearly unequal and entwined with patriarchal ideology that positions women as subordinate or inferior to men.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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That discovery in 2006 now appears to have overturned decades of dinosaur dogma about Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome giant long thought to be the sole top predator stalking the late Cretaceous.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s a common, but untrue, narrative that certain sets of scientific dogmas, like the Earth being stationary and the center of the Universe, could not be challenged.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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This legacy hardly supports the idea that free speech operated as a cynical creed mainly championed by the privileged.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Oct. 2025
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America’s military strength depends on men and women of every race, gender, and creed.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Doctrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrine. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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