Definition for Doctrine:

• 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.

Synonyms for Doctrine:

• n.

  •
  • the spirit of the times/age,
  • ground,
  • concept,
  • attitude,
  • tradition,
  • convention,
  • law,
  • position,
  • regulation,
  • article,
  • proposition,
  • bull,
  • unwritten law,
  • pronouncement,
  • declaration,
  • culture.
  •belief (noun)
  • trust,
  • certitude,
  • postulate,
  • credence,
  • thought,
  • view,
  • opinion.
  •bible (noun)
  • sacred writings,
  • manual,
  • good news,
  • sacred writing,
  • sacred writ,
  • the good news,
  • scripture.
  •canon (noun)
  • de cree,
  • decretums,
  • de crees,
  • de-crees,
  • de-cree.
  •church (noun)
  • de nominations,
  • de nomination,
  • de-nominations,
  • de-nomination.
  •cognition (noun)
  • philosophical system,
  • doctrine,
  • school of thought.
  •conviction (noun)
  • judgment calls.
  •creed (noun)
  • articles faith,
  • weltanschauungs.
  •dogma (noun)
  • article faith,
  • credendas.
  •faith (noun)
  • re velation,
  • theisms,
  • re velations,
  • re-velations,
  • re-velation.
  •idea (noun)
  • Significancy,
  • believed abstraction.
  •philosophy (noun)
  • meta physics,
  • out look,
  • out-looks,
  • out looks,
  • rationalisms,
  • meta-physics,
  • out-look.
  •preaching (noun)
  • pre aching,
  • pre-aching.
  •precept (noun)
  • be-hest,
  • in junction,
  • be-hests,
  • be hest,
  • in-junctions,
  • by word,
  • by words,
  • in-junction,
  • pre cept,
  • pre-cept,
  • be hests,
  • in junctions.
  •principle (noun)
  • pro position,
  • golden rules,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro positions.
  •propaganda (noun)
  • dis-information,
  • proselytisms,
  • agitprops,
  • dis-informations,
  • disinformations,
  • dis information,
  • pro-motion,
  • inculcations,
  • newspeaks,
  • dis informations,
  • pro motions.
  •religion (noun)
  • spiritualmindedness,
  • higher powers,
  • spiritual mindednesses,
  • sanctifications,
  • spiritual-mindednesses,
  • spiritualmindednesses,
  • spiritual mindedness.
  •sermon (noun)
  • preachments,
  • homily,
  • Sermons,
  • moralism,
  • pastorals,
  • moralisms,
  • preachment.
  •tenet (noun)
  • self conviction,
  • selfconvictions,
  • self convictions,
  • selfconviction,
  • self-convictions.
  •theology (noun)
  • ideology,
  • catechism,
  • gospel.
  •theory (noun)
  • sur-mises,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • pre sentiments,
  • pre mise,
  • sur mises,
  • pre-mise,
  • pro vision,
  • pro visions,
  • sur mise,
  • formularizations,
  • pro-visions,
  • pre mises,
  • sur-mise,
  • pro-vision,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • pre-mises.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ethos,
  • zeitgeist,
  • frame of reference,
  • rationale,
  • public opinion.
  •
  • bedrock,
  • mythology.
  •
  • revelation,
  • orientation,
  • paradigm.
  •
  • consciousness,
  • politics.
  •
  • feeling.
  •
  • value.

Paraphrases for Doctrine:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    reflections, principle, principles, settles, doctrina.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictates, principle, principles, religion, sect, proposition, lesson, thesis.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    doctrinal, theory, Theories.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    jurisprudence, credo, literature, orthodoxy, ideology, teaching, discourse, notion, theory, indoctrination, discipline.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    theory.

Antonyms for Doctrine:

• n.

  • opinion; principle
    ambiguity, unbelief, disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy.

Doctrine Sentence Examples:

• It imposed Diderot's doctrine that there was beauty in all natural character.

• Gradually she got quite used to his doctrine, and as she got used to it, it seemed less dreadful, and rather less sad.

Homophones for Doctrine:

• dexedrine, decahedron, docudrama, dodecahedron, distrain, decadron, Dextrin, diestrum.

Hypernym for Doctrine:

• n.

  • cognition
    functionalism, democracy, theological doctrine, nihilism, passivism, irridentism, nuclear deterrence, phenomenology, equalitarianism, descriptivism, secular humanism, creationism, reformism, philosophical theory, antiestablishmentarianism, creed, unilateralism, rationalism, antiestablishmentism, gospel, establishmentism, amoralism, teaching, secularism, irredentism, commandment, ethicism, pacifism, nationalism, asceticism, millennium, gymnosophy, dynamism, secessionism, imitation, Cabalism, states' rights, pacificism, divine right of kings, egalitarianism, animism, literalism, humanitarianism, credo, freethinking, internationalism, utilitarianism, precept, majority rule, dualism, feminism, populism, humanism, church doctrine, laissez faire, pluralism, multiculturalism, formalism, girondism, monism, philosophical doctrine, divine right, contextualism, presentism, abolitionism, individualism, establishmentarianism, animalism, prescriptivism, expansionism, reincarnationism, religious doctrine, epicureanism, absolutism, kabbalism, dogma.

Hyponym for Doctrine:

• n.

  • cognition
    belief.