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A doctrine is a set of teachings, principles or positions based on a system of principles or knowledge.

Doctrine is called a series or body of teachings, instructions, postulates and / or opinions that are possess and impart a political, social, religious, philosophical, scientific and diverse respect nature.

The most common cases of doctrines are associated with the religious aspect. For example, it speaks of Catholic, Jewish or Muslim doctrine. There is often a strong component of belief, preaching and integration of new faithful, believers or indoctrinated in this type of practice. Another type of common doctrine is the legislative one, since this term is also used to refer to a principle of the law.

Although a doctrine involves an idea of ​​dogma or established principles and truths, in many cases it is deals with teachings that are promulgated as such, but that obey beliefs more or less individual. Likewise, the term indoctrination refers to the impartation and diffusion of a particular doctrine with the purpose of expanding it and gaining adherents in certain

circle or in the general public.

In turn, an indoctrination of an educational practice is distinguished, since the first implies the adoption by the indoctrinated of the principles taught, while in the second case the education it does not necessarily imply that the learner must adopt the principles.

Some typical doctrines are Atheism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Spiritism, materialism, doctrine of right and others. There are also scientific doctrines. And, in turn, there are doctrines known as Monroe's (in response to the threat of the monarchical restoration of 1823), that of Truman (for the fight against the communism), or the Brezhnev (regarding the socialist states and their sovereignty), of the mutual assured destruction or of the "blitzkrieg" (both military doctrines associated with the Second World War and the Cold War).

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