doctrinize
Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To become a doctrine or a system of belief: "doctrinize" means to transform into a formal set of principles, teachings, or doctrines. It describes the process by which an idea, practice, or belief system solidifies into an established doctrine.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- The radical philosophy began to doctrinize after it gained widespread acceptance. (The philosophy became a formal doctrine.)
- Over time, the informal customs of the tribe started to doctrinize into a religious system. (The customs transformed into a doctrine.)
Advanced Usage
"to doctrinize a belief": to cause a belief to become a formal doctrine.
- The church sought to doctrinize its teachings for future generations. (The church made its teachings official doctrine.)
"to doctrinize over time": to gradually become a doctrine.
- The social movement slowly doctrinized into a political ideology. (The movement became a formal set of beliefs.)
Variants and Related Words
Doctrine (n): a set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a group.
- The doctrine of non-violence is central to their philosophy. (The formal principle is non-violence.)
Doctrinal (adj): relating to a doctrine or doctrines.
- The doctrinal differences between the two churches are significant. (Differences in formal beliefs.)
Doctrinization (n): the process of becoming or making something into a doctrine.
- The doctrinization of the new theory took several decades. (The process of becoming a doctrine.)
Synonyms
- Become dogma: to turn into a set of authoritative principles.
- Formalize: to make something official or explicit as a system.
- Systematize: to arrange into a coherent system of beliefs.
Related Idioms
Hard into dogma: to become rigidly fixed as doctrine.
- The flexible guidelines hardened into dogma over time. (The guidelines became strict doctrine.)
Set in stone: to become unchangeable as a doctrine.
- The leader's ideas were set in stone after he doctrinized them. (The ideas became fixed doctrine.)