doctrinenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈdɒk.trɪn/us/ˈdɑːk.trɪn/a belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, that are taught and accepted by a particular group:
Christian doctrine
The president said he would not go against sound military doctrine.
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
- animism
- anticlerical
- ascetic
- atheist
- credo
- creed
- cult
- dogma
- faith can move mountains idiom
- fetish
- heresy
- humanism
- monotheism
- mysticism
- orthodoxy
- pagan
- religiously
- secular humanism
- theism
- theology
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