doctrinaire
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“Despite all evidence to the contrary, Marshall still believed,” in Mr. Dikötter’s words, that the Communists “were not doctrinaire ideologists, but merely rural reformers who could help shape a democratic China.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
"The modernism that was around before the 1980s was very grey, restrictive, utilitarian and quite doctrinaire really," Farrell said.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
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
While Stefanovich did find real commonality between Rachmaninoff and Ligeti, often in the cross rhythms and irregular counterpoint, much of what makes Rachmaninoff modern is simply our less doctrinaire ideas of modernity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023
Newman writes: ‘It is not open to the objections I feared; it is doctrinaire, and I think self-confident, but it will do good.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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