Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 8 compound words that contain doctrine. The most common are listed below. Open doctrine in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- doctrine of necessityNecessarianism, especially as espoused by Joseph Priestley.
- Donroe DoctrineThe Monroe Doctrine as implemented by president Donald Trump.
- Monroe DoctrineA policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas while asserting US dominance, empire, and hegemony in the hemisphere.
- doctrine of signaturesThe ancient belief that herbs resembling various parts of the body can be used to treat ailments of those parts.
- Brezhnev DoctrineA policy which stated that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in places where capitalism threatened communism.
- Wilson DoctrineThe convention in the United Kingdom that restricts the police and intelligence services from tapping the telephones of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
- fairness doctrineA policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949 and abolished in 1987, requiring the holders of broadcast licenses (i) to present controversial issues of public importance and (ii) to do so in an …
- living tree doctrineA doctrine of constitutional interpretation according to which the constitution must be read in a broad and progressive way so as to adapt it to the changing times.
- San-min DoctrineSynonym of Three Principles of the People: The political philosophy espoused by Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Nationalist Party.
- Alford doctrineThe doctrine allowing the use of the Alford plea.
- Monro-Kellie doctrineSynonym of Monro-Kellie hypothesis: A hypothesis that states that the sum of the volumes of brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and intracranial blood within the rigid skull remains constant.
- Zapple doctrineAn extension of the fairness doctrine to political candidates' spokespeople and supporters, mandating that, if one candidate's supporters were allowed to buy airtime, then supporters of opposing candidates should have the opportunity to …
- castle doctrineA legal doctrine that designates a person's abode, or any legally occupied place, such as a vehicle or workplace, as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting him or her to use force to defend against intrusion.
- legal doctrineA procedure or set of rules through which a legal case can be adjudicated.
- prosperity doctrineprosperity theology.
- first-sale doctrineA legal doctrine that limits the rights of a copyright or trademark owner by allowing certain forms of distribution, such as enabling individuals to sell legally purchased copyrighted works to others.
- plain view doctrineAn exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement that allows an officer to seize evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation.
- tender years doctrineA principle in family law, stating that a child's youngest years (generally regarded as four years and under) should be spent in the custody of the mother.
- wage-fund doctrineThe theory that there is at any given time in a country a determinate amount of capital available for the payment of labour, therefore the average wage depends on the proportion of this fund to the number of persons who have to share in it.
- blue pencil doctrineA legal concept where a court finds that portions of a contract are unenforceable, but other portions of the contract are enforceable.
- doctrine of equivalentsA legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the …
- Bell doctrineSynonym of Baxter's law: An economic law that describes how a monopoly in a regulated industry can extend into and dominate an unregulated one.
- abstention doctrineA rule under which a federal court in the United States will decline to exercise jurisdiction over a lawsuit because the suit could or should instead be heard by a state court.
- doctrine of foreign equivalentsA rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated into English to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks.
- spider in the web doctrineA doctrine in Dutch patent law governing cross-border injunctions in patent infringement cases, according to which the Dutch courts assume jurisdiction only in cases where the main defendant (the "spider") is located in the Netherlands and …
Compound words 8
- indoctrinateTo teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
- indoctrinizeTo indoctrinate.
- doctrinableOf the nature of doctrine, or able to be doctrined.
- counterdoctrineA doctrine that opposes another doctrine.
- doctrinelessWithout a doctrine.
- doctrinizeTo preach a doctrine.
- undoctrinedNot having had doctrine taught or instilled.
- endoctrineTo teach; to indoctrinate.