Doctrine
Doctrine noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.
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Values and doctrine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Values" instead a noun "Doctrine".
Nearby Words: doctrinal, doctrinarian
Values
Values noun - Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
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- It is thought that as the bible was copied down by hand, people would read doctrine that might've contradicted or confused their personal beliefs and values, and would've had the text altered slightly to more closely read to what they believed.
Source: Useful Notes / Mormonism -
To compensate for these social forces a brutal disciplinary doctrine — ostensibly based on that of the samurai, in reality based on a very selective interpretation of samurai values — was adopted by the leaders.
Source: Useful Notes / Imperial Japan - This could be due to possible Values Dissonance on the worldviews of the early presidents on slavery, treatment of Native Americans and their support of Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine.
Source: Acceptable Political Targets
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