doctrine
/ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.98 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity."
- "The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism."
- "Metaphysics stagnates in scienceless (or uncritical) cultures; it is progressive in scientific ones. It progresses then because existing metaphysical doctrines are felt to be constricting frameworks, and thus unsatisfactory."
- "What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?"
- "This one thing do we (compelled by your blaſphemous accuſations) repeat oftener then we would: to the end that indifferent men may ſee what doctrine it is, which you ſo maliciouſly impugne."
- "the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine"
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *deḱ-, -, doctrina
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/
- British English: /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/