doctrinalism
nounEtymology From doctrinal + -ism.
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The abuse, or strict adherence, of a doctrine to a specific purpose.
- 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...
- 1951. Walter Yust. Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge, page 882, The soviet government facilitated the return to loyalty by departing temporarily from Marxist doctrinalism and appealing to Russian patriotism.
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- 1995. Karl H. Potter, Harold G. Coward. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, page 1022, The question of doctrinalism in the Buddhist epistemology....