Difference between Expansionist and Doctrine

Expansionist

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to expansionism.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An advocate of expansionism.

Doctrine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.The body of teachings of a religion, or a religious leader, organization, group or text.

Example sentence: In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.