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Doctrine

Teaching; instruction.

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Abolitionism 76% connected

The principles or measures of abolitionists.

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Absolutism 76% connected

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

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Animalism 76% connected

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

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Animism 76% connected

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

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Asceticism 76% connected

The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

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Cabalism 76% connected

The secret science of the cabalists.

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Commandment 76% connected

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

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Creationism 76% connected

The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

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Credo 76% connected

The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.

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Creed 76% connected

A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is…

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Democracy 76% connected

Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

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descriptivism 76% connected

The study of language as people really speak and write it.

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Dogma 76% connected

That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

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Dualism 76% connected

State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

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Dynamism 76% connected

The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.

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Epicureanism 76% connected

Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

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Formalism 76% connected

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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Freethinking 76% connected

Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief.

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Gospel 76% connected

Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.

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Gymnosophy 76% connected

The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.

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Humanism 76% connected

Human nature or disposition; humanity.

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Humanitarianism 76% connected

The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

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Imitation 76% connected

The act of imitating.

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Individualism 76% connected

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

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Internationalism 76% connected

The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

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Laissez faire 76% connected

Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufac…

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Literalism 76% connected

That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.

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Millennium 76% connected

A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is…

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Monism 76% connected

That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

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Nationalism 76% connected

The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

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Nihilism 76% connected

Nothingness; nihility.

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Phenomenology 76% connected

A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.

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Pluralism 76% connected

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

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Precept 76% connected

To teach by precepts.

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prescriptivism 76% connected

The view that language should follow preferred standards and rules.

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Rationalism 76% connected

The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.

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Secessionism 76% connected

The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.

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Secularism 76% connected

The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.

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Teaching 76% connected

of Teach

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Utilitarianism 76% connected

The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.

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Belief 76% connected

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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Doctrinal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.

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Doctrinal 74% connected

Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.

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Indoctrinate 74% connected

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles…

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Indoctrinate 74% connected

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles…

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Synonym 2

Ism 92% connected

A doctrine or theory; especially, a wild or visionary theory.

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Philosophy 92% connected

Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes an…

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