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noun
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belief
Narrower terms: nuclear deterrence, Kabbalism, Cabalism, abolitionism, absolutism, amoralism, animalism, animism, antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism, asceticism, contextualism, creationism, creed, credo, divine right, divine right of kings, dogma, dualism, dynamism, epicureanism, establishmentarianism, establishmentism, ethicism, expansionism, formalism, functionalism, Girondism, gospel, gymnosophy, imitation, individualism, laissez faire, internationalism, unilateralism, irredentism, irridentism, literalism, majority rule, democracy, monism, multiculturalism, nationalism, nihilism, pacifism, pacificism, passivism, pluralism, populism, presentism, rationalism, freethinking, reformism, humanism, secular humanism, humanitarianism, egalitarianism, equalitarianism, feminism, reincarnationism, secessionism, secularism, phenomenology, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, states' rights, teaching, precept, commandment, theological doctrine, utilitarianism, descriptivism, prescriptivism, religious doctrine, church doctrine, millennium
History
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.
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