doctrines

Noun

doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
   • The Incarnation is a basic doctrine of Christianity.
2. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
   • What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?
3. (countable) 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.
   • the Monroe Doctrine the Brezhnev Doctrine the Negroponte Doctrine