doctrine
US: /ˈdɑktɹən/, /ˈdɔktɝɪn/
UK: /dˈɒktɹɪn/
UK: /dˈɒktɹɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
doctrine /'dɔktrin/
- danh từ
- học thuyết chủ nghĩa
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, a political party, etc: the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty + Christian doctrine + He was deeply committed to political doctrines of social equality.
2 (Doctrine) [C] (AmE) a statement of government policy: the Monroe Doctrine
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
teaching, body of instruction, precept; principle, tenet, dogma, article of faith, canon, conviction, creed, belief, credo, opinion, idea, concept, theory, proposition, thesis, postulate:
Few believe the doctrine that all men are created equal.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
Catholic, Islamic, etc. | economic, legal, political, religious | revolutionary | classical, conventional, established, orthodox, traditional | high
He expounded traditional Calvinism with its high doctrine of church order (= its doctrine that church order is very important).
| old | prevailing | central, essential | general | false, untenable | influential
QUANT.
point
communities divided on points of doctrine
| body
an influential body of doctrine
VERB + DOCTRINE
advocate, expound, preach, proclaim, teach | defend | develop, establish, formulate, produce | accept, adhere to, adopt, be committed to, believe (in), embrace, subscribe to, support, uphold
They were all committed to the doctrine of social equality.
| abandon, condemn, oppose, reject, undermine
She rejected the traditional Christian doctrines.
| apply, invoke | reconcile
Thompson reconciled the doctrine of heat with that of mechanics in 1851.
DOCTRINE + VERB
advocate sth | allow sth
Their doctrine allows the use of violence.
PREP.
in ~
The Church welcomed all who were considered sound in doctrine.
Concise English dictionary
doctrines'dɒktrɪn
noun
+a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
