English-Dutch translations for doctrine

• doctrine
  Is liegen verheven tot een doctrine van de regering van Groot-Brittannië? Have lies become the doctrine of the British Government?
  Dat de Commissie haar doctrine bijstelt, prima! If the Commission reviews its doctrine, then so much the better.
  Ik sta erop dat de Commissie op dit punt haar doctrine verandert. On this point, I insist that the Commission changes its doctrine.
• leer
  Het gaat hier om grondbeginselen van de christelijke sociale leer, die aanhangers heeft in verschillende partijen. There are principles of Christian social doctrine which, of course, has supporters in different parties.
  De nieuwe linkse doctrine van de heer Chávez wordt vaak als "christelijk socialisme” omschreven, maar heeft in werkelijkheid weinig gemeen met de sociale leer van de kerk. Mr Chávez's new Left-Wing doctrine is known as Christian Socialism but it has little in common with the social teachings of the Church.
  In de ogen van degenen die de politieke leer van de sociale markteconomie aanhangen, is deze participatie van alle sociale actoren van essentieel belang. For those whose political doctrine consists of a social market economy, this involvement by all social elements seems to us to be significant.

Definition of doctrine

• A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters
• The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text

Examples

• The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
• The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
• What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?

Related words

• doctrine of underlying assumptions of the contract
• doctrine of satisfaction
• Brezhnev Doctrine
• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• public policy doctrine
• false doctrine
• religious doctrine