philosophy

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
agnosticism
Anglicanism
animist
anti-Catholic
anti-Catholicism
doctrinal
fetishistic
heretical
heretically
humanism
humanistic
humanistically
mysticism
orthodoxy
religiously
scriptural
scripturally
superstitiously
theodicy
theologically

doctrine | American Dictionary

doctrine
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈdɑk·trən/
a belief, theory, or set of beliefs, esp. political or religious, taught and accepted by a particular group:
[ U ]church doctrine

doctrine | Business English

doctrine
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdɒktrɪn/us
a principle or set of principles that are followed by a particular group or in a particular situation:
The doctrine of continuous quality improvement is being implemented in the health-care industry worldwide.
an economic/legal/political doctrine