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[ noun ] a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in print ("Editorials"...)The country is committed to the doctrine of security by military means . The doctrine has never worked ; it is not working now . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The beliefs of a religion also reflecting the values are expressed in creeds , dogmas , and doctrines , and form what Durkheim calls a credo . The credo unifies and socializes men by attaching them completely to an identical body of doctrine ; the more extensive and firm the body of doctrine , the firmer the group . The credo unifies and socializes men by attaching them completely to an identical body of doctrine ; the more extensive and firm the body of doctrine , the firmer the group . Related terms belief imitation creed nationalism teaching egalitarianism formalism individualism humanitarianism secularism religious_doctrine literalism humanism nihilism gymnosophy gospel philosophical_doctrine secessionism creationism internationalism unilateralism dogma irredentism phenomenology dualism amoralism absolutism majority_rule monism epicureanism establishmentarianism pacifism feminism ecumenism expansionism animalism reformism pluralism theological_doctrine utilitarianism animism rationalism multiculturalism reincarnationism functionalism states'_rights cabalism antiestablishmentarianism asceticism dynamism abolitionism ethicism nationalism presentism nuclear_deterrence millennium populism indoctrinate |
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