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doctrinalism

doctrinalism noun: the abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.

Noun

doctrinalism (countable and uncountable, plural doctrinalisms)

  1. The abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.
    • 1898. Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge,, page 704,
      But many of the more extreme Pietists carried their antipathy to the doctrinalism and the established services of the church...
    • 1951. Walter Yust. Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, page 882,
      The soviet government facilitated the return to loyalty by departing temporarily from Marxist doctrinalism and appealing to Russian patriotism.

Forms of doctrinalism

pluraldoctrinalisms

Origin of doctrinalism

From doctrinal + -ism.

Questions about doctrinalism

What does doctrinalism mean?
Doctrinalism means the abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.
What part of speech is doctrinalism?
Doctrinalism is a noun.
What is the plural of doctrinalism?
The plural of doctrinalism is doctrinalisms.

Words near doctrinalism in the dictionary

  1. doctrinairely
  2. doctrinaires
  3. doctrinairism
  4. doctrinairisms
  5. doctrinal
  6. doctrinalism
  7. doctrinalisms
  8. doctrinalist
  9. doctrinalists
  10. doctrinality
  11. doctrinally

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