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doctrinaire
Meaning: rigidly devoted to a theory despite practical evidence
doctrinaire in a sentence
How doctrinaire is used in real sentences:
The governor's doctrinaire approach left no room for local solutions.
Her doctrinaire insistence on one method frustrated teachers facing different classroom needs.
“The first stress test attacked the model's most doctrinaire assumption: that people would reduce their contacts at the same rate once officials issued a warning.”
— from the passage When the Curve Breaks
“A doctrinaire defense of every inherited procedure, she realized, might preserve the method's shell while preventing its future.”
— from the passage The Final Impression
“They were equally wary of a doctrinaire solution that assigned identical speaking periods to every issue, regardless of its complexity or public consequence.”
— from the passage The Bellwether Revision
Synonyms for doctrinaire
Other words for doctrinaire — dogmatic, rigid and inflexible — carry the same meaning.
- dogmatic
- rigid
- inflexible
Antonyms of doctrinaire
Words that mean the opposite of doctrinaire:
Where it comes from
From French doctrinaire, meaning 'a person devoted to doctrine.'
Memory hook
DOCTRINAIRE clings to a DOCTRINE even when facts resist it.
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