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Plural of doctrine

regular plural

The plural of doctrine is doctrines.

Forms of doctrine

Singulardoctrine /ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/
Pluraldoctrines /ˈdɒktɹɪnz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Doctrines in a sentence

  • The Four Noble Truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
  • It progresses then because existing metaphysical doctrines are felt to be constricting frameworks, and thus unsatisfactory.2012, Joseph Agassi, Science in Flux
  • Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.From the entry view
  • The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.From the entry repudiation
  • That meshes beautifully with Corhyn’s statements about Goldmask’s doctrines once he learns of Maragon.2023 July 7, PublicFurryAccount, Reddit. From the entry Maragon

Meaning of doctrine

  1. noun A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
  2. noun The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
  3. 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.

Full definition of doctrine

Questions about the plural of doctrine

What is the plural of doctrine?
The plural of doctrine is doctrines.
Is doctrine countable?
Doctrine is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doctrine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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