Synonyms for doctrine
ˈdɒk trɪndoc·trine

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1. doctrine

   Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.

   Synonyms:
   article of belief, article of faith, belief, dogma, precept, principle, teaching, tenet

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1. doctrine

   Synonyms:
   tenet, article, belief, creed, dogma, teaching, precept, principle

   Antonyms:
   practice, operation, duty, conduct, action

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1. doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ismnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   philosophical system, school of thought, ism, philosophy

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1. doctrinenoun

   Synonyms:
   dogma, tenet, opinion, precept, principle

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1. doctrinenoun

   Synonyms:
   tenet, dogma, belief, principle, teaching

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1. List of paraphrases for "doctrine":

   doctrina, theory, doctrinal, dogma, doctrines, literature, theoretical, principle, theories, jurisprudence, creed

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1. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine.

2. Anthony Neil Wedgewood "Tony" Benn:

   A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

3. Antonis Samaras:

   The last, until now, British doctrine that the Parthenon Marbles could not be moved is no longer valid -- as their other 'argument' for the lack of an appropriate space to house them collapsed with the opening of the Museum of Acropolis.

4. Kahlil Gibran:

   Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

5. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

   Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.