doctrine

English Online Dictionary. What means doctrine‎? What does doctrine mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: dǒkˈ -trǐn
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/
• Hyphenation: doc‧trine
• Rhymes: -ɑktɹɪn, -ɒktɹɪn

Noun

doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
2. (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
3. (countable) 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.

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Further reading

• “doctrine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “doctrine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Crediton, centroid, on credit

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctrīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɔkˈtri.nə/
• Hyphenation: doc‧tri‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n)

1. doctrine

   Synonyms: leer, leerstuk

Derived terms

• doctrinair
• indoctrineren

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin doctrīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔk.tʁin/

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines)

1. doctrine

   corps de doctrine ― body of doctrine

Derived terms

• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• endoctriner

Related terms

• docteur

Further reading

• “doctrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Verb

doctrine

1. inflection of doctrinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative