English Explanatory Dictionary

doctrine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
  2. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
  3. A self-imposed policy governing some aspect of a country's foreign relations, especially regarding what sort of behavior it will or will not tolerate from other countries.

Pronunciation

dǒkˈ -trǐn /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/ /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/ en-us-doctrine.ogg

Word forms

doctrine doctrines

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

Related words

docent docile doctor doctorate doctrinaire doctrinal doctrinally doctrinize doctrinization document indoctrinate

Derived words

abstention doctrine Alford doctrine Bell doctrine blue pencil doctrine castle doctrine counterdoctrine doctrinable doctrineless doctrine of equivalents doctrine of foreign equivalents doctrine of necessity doctrine of philosophical necessity doctrine of signatures doctrinism endoctrine fairness doctrine first-sale doctrine living tree doctrine Monroe Doctrine Monro-Kellie doctrine original package doctrine plain view doctrine professional rescuers doctrine prosperity doctrine spider in the web doctrine tender years doctrine undoctrined wage-fund doctrine Zapple doctrine
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