All doctrine synonyms
doc·trine
D d noun doctrine
- opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- concept — A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
- belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
- creed — A creed is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way people live or work.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- tenet — any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- dogma — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- proposition — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- statement — something stated.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
- basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.
- conviction — a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
- canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
- instruction — machine instruction
- pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
- article — An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
- indoctrination — the act of indoctrinating, or teaching or inculcating a doctrine, principle, or ideology, especially one with a specific point of view: religious indoctrination.
- fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
- position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- gospel — the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
- propaganda — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- inculcation — the act of inculcating, or teaching or influencing persistently and repeatedly so as to implant or instill an idea, theory, attitude, etc.
- implantation — the act of implanting.
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- article of faith — If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they believe in it totally.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- guideline — any guide or indication of a future course of action: guidelines on the government's future policy.
- code — A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.