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doctrinal

doc·tri·nal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dok-truh-nl; British also dok-trahyn-l]
    • /ˈdɒk trə nl; British also dɒkˈtraɪn l/
    • /dɒkˈtraɪ.nəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dok-truh-nl; British also dok-trahyn-l]
    • /ˈdɒk trə nl; British also dɒkˈtraɪn l/

Definitions of doctrinal word

  • adjective doctrinal of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute. 1
  • noun doctrinal Concerned with a doctrine or doctrines. 1
  • adjective doctrinal relating to doctrine 1
  • adjective doctrinal Doctrinal means relating to doctrines. 0
  • noun doctrinal A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines. 0
  • adjective doctrinal Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine. 0

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Origin of doctrinal

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Late Latin doctrīnālis, equivalent to Latin doctrīn(a) (see doctrine) + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Doctrinal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

doctrinal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for doctrinal

adj doctrinal

  • rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
  • bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
  • bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  • commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
  • conforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.

adjective doctrinal

  • accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
  • traditional — of or relating to tradition.
  • recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • disquisitional — Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
  • moralising — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.

Antonyms for doctrinal

adj doctrinal

  • abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
  • unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
  • foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
  • irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.

adjective doctrinal

  • sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.

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