What is another word for doctrine?
329 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɒktɹɪn], [ dˈɒktɹɪn], [ d_ˈɒ_k_t_ɹ_ɪ_n]
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Similar words for doctrine:
- belief (noun)
- bible (noun)
- canon (noun)
- church (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- conviction (noun)
- creed (noun)
- dogma (noun)
- faith (noun)
- idea (noun)
- institute (noun)
- instruction (noun)
- knowledge (noun)
- lore (noun)
- opinion; principle (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- philosophy (noun)
- preaching (noun)
- precept (noun)
- principle (noun)
- propaganda (noun)
- religion (noun)
- sermon (noun)
- tenet (noun)
- theology (noun)
- theory (noun)
- other synonyms
- lesson
- moralizing
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Doctrine:
n.
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- the spirit of the times/age,
- ground,
- concept,
- attitude,
- tradition,
- convention,
- law,
- position,
- regulation,
- article,
- proposition,
- bull,
- unwritten law,
- pronouncement,
- declaration,
- culture.
- code,
- catchword,
- dictum,
- instruction,
- bidding,
- credo,
- rule,
- ordinance,
- proverb,
- byword,
- edict,
- policy,
- teaching,
- saw,
- directive,
- adage,
- motto,
- moral,
- axiom,
- saying.
- fable,
- in formation,
- lore,
- mythos,
- sayings.
- knowledge,
- implantations,
- sermon,
- values,
- supposal,
- creed,
- ISMS,
- decretum,
- principle,
- institute,
- idea,
- Formularization,
- spiritual-mindedness,
- rationalism,
- newspeak,
- say so,
- theism,
- golden rule,
- by-words,
- supposals,
- church,
- inculcation,
- precept,
- Self-conviction,
- formula,
- orthodoxy,
- theology,
- ontologies,
- faith,
- Principia,
- Doxies,
- principium,
- dogma,
- theorem,
- maxim,
- judgment call,
- codifications,
- implantation,
- table,
- Credenda,
- Philosophies,
- belief,
- screed,
- ism,
- philosophy,
- screeds,
- canon,
- propaganda,
- sanctification,
- proselytism,
- religion,
- doxy,
- ontology,
- conviction,
- higher power,
- disinformation,
- agitprop,
- guideline,
- by-word,
- metaphysics,
- codification,
- tenet,
- theory.
- be-hest,
- in junction,
- be-hests,
- be hest,
- in-junctions,
- by word,
- by words,
- in-junction,
- pre cept,
- pre-cept,
- be hests,
- in junctions.
- dis-information,
- proselytisms,
- agitprops,
- dis-informations,
- disinformations,
- dis information,
- pro-motion,
- inculcations,
- newspeaks,
- dis informations,
- pro motions.
Other synonyms:
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- feeling.
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- value.
- given,
- lesson,
- tenets,
- tao,
- etiology,
- body of instruction,
- creationism,
- order,
- animalism,
- thinking,
- error,
- universal law,
- method,
- denomination,
- strictness,
- notion,
- institution,
- articles of faith,
- testament,
- indoctrination,
- outlook,
- irreligion,
- autonomy,
- sentiment,
- Pansophy,
- direction,
- thirty-nine articles,
- teachings,
- true faith,
- cyclopedia,
- schism,
- fundamental,
- Beliefs,
- school,
- thesis,
- declaration of faith,
- stance,
- Pandect,
- practice,
- atheism,
- custom,
- criterion,
- animism,
- canons,
- soundness,
- viewpoint,
- point of view,
- religious faith,
- articles of religion,
- routine,
- truth,
- system,
- model,
- truism,
- bible,
- body of knowledge,
- unwritten rule,
- guide,
- convictions,
- standard,
- recusancy,
- absolutism,
- grounds,
- self-government,
- persuasion,
- assent,
- aetiology,
- religious belief,
- profession of faith,
- backsliding,
- science,
- myths,
- abolitionism,
- basic,
- apostasy,
- habit,
- free trade,
- encyclopedia,
- assumption,
- statement,
- sect,
- liberalism,
- heresy,
- noninterference,
- wisdom,
- principles,
- folklore,
- articles,
- article of faith,
- Schismaticalness.
How to use "Doctrine" in context?
The word "doctrine" derives from the Greek word for "teaching." Doctrine is the body of religious beliefs and teachings of a faith. It is the guidelines by which a church or religious organization operates. Different faiths define doctrine differently, but in general, doctrinal tenets include belief in a god or gods, the saints, the doctrine of salvation, the atonement, and the Trinity.
No single doctrinal definition fits every faith, but general doctrines common to many faiths are summarized in the following list.
1. Belief in a god or gods
Paraphrases for Doctrine:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
principle, settles, principles, reflections, doctrina.
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Noun, singular or mass
lesson, principle, proposition, religion, sect, thesis, principles, dictates.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
credo, discipline, discourse, ideology, indoctrination, jurisprudence, literature, notion, orthodoxy, teaching, theory.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
theory.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Doctrine:
Hypernym for Doctrine:
n.
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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.
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cognition
Hyponym for Doctrine:
n.
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cognition
belief.
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cognition
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