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doctrinaire

[dok-truh-nair] / ˈdɒk trəˈnɛər /


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A fun game to play is to ask your most politically doctrinaire friends if there’s a policy they secretly support that cuts against their usual views.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

"The modernism that was around before the 1980s was very grey, restrictive, utilitarian and quite doctrinaire really," Farrell said.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

I’ve just spent a week tramping across Venice, a city of more than 250 churches, and where did I encounter the most doctrinaire catechism?

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

An interesting viewpoint, and one we have also heard from officials of a more recent administration: Obeying the law is doctrinaire?

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2023

The doctrinaire reformer will here find no support for any limited theory.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.




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