🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

教义

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiàoyì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Doctrine/ˈdɒk.trɪn/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项军事教义强调快速反应能力。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group.

    "The government adopted a new defense doctrine to address emerging cyber threats."
  2. 2

    A stated principle of government policy, especially in foreign or military affairs.

    "The Monroe Doctrine shaped American foreign policy for over a century."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'doctrine' originates from the Latin 'doctrina', meaning 'teaching' or 'instruction', which evolved from 'docere', meaning 'to teach'. It has been used since the late Middle Ages to refer to a set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a group.

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