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Meanings of
doctrinaire
in English
Catalan
doctrinari
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A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.
dogmatist
Catalan
doctrinari
Doctrinaire.
Related terms
instructive
informative
Synonyms
Examples for "
dogmatist
"
dogmatist
Examples for "
dogmatist
"
1
He was never a
dogmatist
,
however, and he sought in Christians.
2
If I hurt you enough, will you listen to your
dogmatist
?
3
Is it necessary to say more to convince even a
dogmatist
?
4
A small, tight, hot, metal-smelling stove-whyis it so enjoyable by a
dogmatist
?
5
The most applauded
dogmatist
and champion of the Jesuits is, I am informed, Perrone.
Usage of
doctrinaire
in English
1
It slays the
doctrinaire
and makes a red-hot revivalist out of him.
2
I'm not a
doctrinaire
socialist but Labour would not have done this.
3
He had the pride, at once resigned and overweening, of a
doctrinaire
.
4
Kossuth, like all English statesmen, was a historical royalist, not a
doctrinaire
.
5
The little
doctrinaire
in her revolted and she was pleased to be censorious.
6
Where Mr Lafontaine was
doctrinaire
and flamboyant, his successor is pragmatic and considered.
7
But Nature, who has no
doctrinaire
ideas, may equally apply it to concentration.
8
Granted, even central bankers with academic economics backgrounds aren't necessarily
doctrinaire
.
9
He was often more of a
doctrinaire
than a practical statesman.
10
A
doctrinaire
,
there was nothing of the typical
doctrinaire
,
or theorist, about him.
11
Belgian Health Minister Laurette Onkelinx said the pope's comments... reflect a dangerous
doctrinaire
vision.
12
You don't have to look far for all sorts of uncompromising,
doctrinaire
,
brook-no-criticism behaviour.
13
I think fiction has a way of doing this without being
doctrinaire
about it.
14
It would do no harm to stir up the
doctrinaire
assumptions with the bayonet-poker.
15
Our own intolerant, bigoted, unthinking,
doctrinaire
reactionaries are properly referred to as 'conservative thinkers.'
16
And we're not too you know, too
doctrinaire
about it.
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doctrinaire
Adjective
Frequent collocations
more doctrinaire
too doctrinaire
doctrinaire liberal
doctrinaire vision
become doctrinaire
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Translations for
doctrinaire
Catalan
doctrinari
dogmatista
Doctrinaire
through the time
Doctrinaire
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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