nuclear deterrence - the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence; "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction"

belief - any cognitive content held as true

Cabalism, Kabbalism - the doctrines of the Kabbalah

abolitionism - the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

absolutism - the doctrine of an absolute being

amoralism - the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid

animalism - the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

animism - the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"

antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism - the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment

asceticism - the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

creationism - the literal belief in the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"

credo, creed - any system of principles or beliefs

dogma - a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"

dualism - the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

dynamism - any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy

epicureanism - a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

establishmentarianism, establishmentism - the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment

ethicism - a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important; "his ethicism often led him to moralize"

expansionism - the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

formalism - the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

functionalism - any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose

gospel - a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance; "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"

gymnosophy - the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation

imitation - the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

laissez faire, individualism - the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

internationalism - the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences

unilateralism - the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations

irredentism, irridentism - the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related

literalism - the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature

majority rule, democracy - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

monism - the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

multiculturalism - the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can co-exist peacefully and equitably in a single country

nationalism - the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

nationalism - the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

nihilism - a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

pacifism, passivism - the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable

pluralism - the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements

populism - the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

presentism - the doctrine that the Scripture phrophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled