doctrine

Example Sentences

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To repudiate a doctrine accepted by the nation’s cultural arbiters gets you uninvited to their parties and called a fool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"We are embracing the very doctrine we used to reject," Axworthy wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

This law encompasses everyone involved in that felony, holding them equally responsible under a doctrine called accomplice liability.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Because of its small territory, Israel built its national security around a doctrine of "offensive defence", relying on pre-emptive, long-range strikes against enemy targets, she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

It was soon to become the basis of the most influential philosophy in Western history—the Aristotelian doctrine that would live for two millennia.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife