English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Doctrine Pronunciation
Doctrine is pronounced DAHK-truhn, IPA /ˈdɑktrən/.
DAHK-truhn
US /ˈdɑktrən/ · UK /ˈdɒktrɪn/
Syllables: DAHK · truhn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or profession.
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Doctrine in a Sentence
- The doctrine has not changed since the council of 1870.
- Military doctrine shifted after the first campaign.
- She questioned the doctrine she had been raised on.
Common Mispronunciations of Doctrine
Not dahk-TRYN
The ine at the end slackens to truhn, not to the long eye of wine. Medicine and famine reduce the same way.
Not DAHK-treen
A long ee there belongs to words like marine. This one keeps a weak vowel barely worth hearing.
Tip: Doctrine is loud at the front, DAHK-truhn, while doctrinaire moves the force to the end, dahk-truh-NAIR.
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