Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctrinalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tri-nal-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1898. Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge,, page 704, But many of the more extreme Pietists carried their antipathy to the doctrinalism and the established services of the church..."
"1951. Walter Yust. Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, page 882, The soviet government facilitated the return to loyalty by departing temporarily from Marxist doctrinalism and appealing to Russian patriotism."
"1995. Karl H. Potter, Harold G. Coward. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, page 1022, The question of doctrinalism in the Buddhist epistemology...."

Etymology

Etymology tree English doctrinal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English doctrinalism From doctrinal + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

doctrinalisms (plural)

Questions

What does doctrinalism mean?: The abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.
Where does doctrinalism come from?: Etymology tree English doctrinal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English doctrinalism From doctrinal + -ism.

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