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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
Cities are still constrained by a legal doctrine from the 1870s known as Dillon’s Rule, named for a judge in Iowa, that said states control cities.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 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
This doctrine is indeed related to a traditional belief within Marian devotion.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Alarmed, Augustine hardened his doctrine of grace, becoming its great theorist.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 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
This doctrine is indeed related to a traditional belief within Marian devotion.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Alarmed, Augustine hardened his doctrine of grace, becoming its great theorist.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctrine
Noun
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Duns is chairman of Marquette's theology department.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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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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At this year’s Latin Music Week, multiple companies will offer their expertise and their artists to discuss new philosophies and actions to develop artists for the long term.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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There was an aspect to the story that really hit my heart hard in Bruno Lacombe’s radical philosophy, which posits that modern humans have lost their essential connection to the primal elements of existence.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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And among the primary challenges is learning new defensive principles.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Those principles felt like the right direction for the conception of Aatman.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Lawmakers and experts have argued over whether ideology played a role in the shootings.—
Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Democrats today are guided not by sober empiricism but by fanciful ideology.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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For independents, knowledge and integrity are keys that unlock the shackles of party dogma.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 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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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 19 Oct. 2025.
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