Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism(noun)

   a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Wiktionary(2.63 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doctrine(Noun)

   A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

2. doctrine(Noun)

   The body of teachings of a religion, or a religious leader, organization, group or text.

Webster Dictionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctrine(noun)

   teaching; instruction

2. Doctrine(noun)

   that which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances

Freebase(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctrine

   Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. The Greek analogue is the etymology of catechism. Often doctrine specifically connotes a corpus of religious dogma as it is promulgated by a church, but not necessarily: doctrine is also used to refer to a principle of law, in the common law traditions, established through a history of past decisions, such as the doctrine of self-defense, or the principle of fair use, or the more narrowly applicable first-sale doctrine. In some organizations, doctrine is simply defined as "that which is taught", in other words the basis for institutional teaching of its personnel internal ways of doing business.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Doctrine

   dok′trin, n. a thing taught: a principle of belief: what the Scriptures teach on any subject: (B.) act or manner of teaching.—adj. Doc′trinal, relating to or containing doctrine: relating to the act of teaching.—adv. Doc′trinally. [Fr.,—L. doctrīna, docēre, to teach.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doctrine

   Fundamental principles by which the military forces or elements thereof guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is authoritative but requires judgment in application. See also multinational doctrine; joint doctrine; multi-Service doctrine.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doctrine' in Nouns Frequency: #1828

Anagrams for doctrine »

1. centroid

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of doctrine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of doctrine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Major Gen. Robert F. Dees:

   He's a man who believes in mainstream doctrine.

2. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

3. The Pope:

   The speeches I gave in Cuba were always following the doctrine of the Church.

4. H.L. Mencken:

   The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

5. Chinese:

   The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one takes in a dream.

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