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Meanings of doctrine in English

Portuguese
doutrina
Catalan
escola de pensament
Spanish
doctrina

A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.

doutrina
Usage of doctrine in English
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OBAMA: I actually think that the state secret doctrine should be modified.
Wired
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The doctrine of expansionary austerity quickly became orthodoxy in much of Europe.
The Guardian
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Critics have said the doctrine too often lets police brutality go unpunished.
Reuters
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We do not know Pyongyang's nuclear doctrine or employment concepts, said Clapper.
The Guardian
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This is not theory; it is not doctrine; it is not opinion.
The Conquest of Fear
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Church doctrine is opposed to contraception as a means of birth control.
Reuters
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That is the doctrine of the social order in the Lord's Prayer.
Mornings in the College Chapel / Short Addresses to Young Men on...
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Is the same doctrine to be revived in the New, in another
The Federalist Papers
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Such a legal basis is available, under the doctrine of humanitarian intervention.
The Guardian
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This is not only the German doctrine; it is the German practice.
England and the War
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Let us state the first part of the doctrine in this way:
Writing for Vaudeville
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Different surgical procedures were performed in accordance with the surgical war doctrine.
Pubmed
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For this reason, I follow an unusual doctrine when working a project.
Climbing Magazine
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In the Athanasian Creed we find the following statement of this doctrine:-
Exposition of the Apostles' Creed
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Personal religious experience is not necessarily the same as organized religious doctrine.
Feminist dot com
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The moral implications of Christian doctrine motivated the resistance of the Churches.
The Grey Book / A collection of protests against anti-semitism a...
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Doctrine through the time
Doctrine across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common