doctrine

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a belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, that are taught and accepted by a particular group:

Christian doctrine

The president said he would not go against sound military doctrine.

a belief, theory, or set of beliefs, esp. political or religious, taught and accepted by a particular group:

[ U ] church doctrine

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