Doctrinalism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose. countable, uncountable

    "1898. Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge,, page 704, But many of the more extreme Pietists carried their antipathy to the doctrinalism and the established services of the church..."

Synonyms

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apologeticsdivinitydogmaticseschatologyhagiographyrationalism

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"1898. Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge,, page 704, But many of the more extreme Pietists carried their antipathy to the doctrinalism and the established services of the church..."

Etymology

From doctrinal + -ism.

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