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doctrine

doct·rine

UK/ˈdɒk.tɹɪn/ US/ˈdɑk.tɹɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

Phrases

  • abstention doctrine
  • Alford doctrine
  • Bell doctrine
  • blue pencil doctrine
  • castle doctrine
  • doctrine of equivalents
  • doctrine of foreign equivalents
  • doctrine of necessity

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