doctrinalism

English

Etymology

doctrinal +‎ -ism

Noun

doctrinalism (countable and uncountable, plural doctrinalisms)

1. 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.

   • 1995. Karl H. Potter, Harold G. Coward. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, page 1022,

     The question of doctrinalism in the Buddhist epistemology....