W: (n) millennium [Related to: millenary] ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)
S: (n) millennium ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) asceticism (the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state)
S: (n) contextualism (any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms)
S: (n) creationism (the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis) "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"
S: (n) divine right, divine right of kings (the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes) "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century"
S: (n) dogma (a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative) "he believed all the Marxist dogma"
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) epicureanism (a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers)
S: (n) internationalism (the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences)
S: (n) unilateralism (the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations)
S: (n) irredentism, irridentism (the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related)
S: (n) literalism (the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature)
S: (n) majority rule, democracy (the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group)
S: (n) monism (the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element)
S: (n) multiculturalism (the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country)
S: (n) nationalism (the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other)
S: (n) nationalism (the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals)
S: (n) nihilism (a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake)
S: (n) pluralism (the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements)
S: (n) populism (the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite)
S: (n) presentism (the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled)
S: (n) humanism, secular humanism (the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural)
S: (n) secularism (a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations)
S: (n) phenomenology (a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account)
S: (n) utilitarianism (doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number)
S: (n) descriptivism ((linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics)
S: (n) descriptivism ((ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value)
S: (n) prescriptivism ((linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics)
S: (n) prescriptivism ((ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior)
S: (n) millennium ((New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness)