Synonyms for doctrinaire
ˈdɒk trəˈnɛərdoc·tri·naire

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1. dogmatist, doctrinaireadjective

   a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

   Synonyms:
   dogmatist

   Antonyms:
   uninstructive

2. doctrinaireadjective

   stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

   Antonyms:
   uninstructive

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1. List of paraphrases for "doctrinaire":

   doctrinal, dogmatic

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1. Pete Buttigieg:

   On one hand, I believe in conviction politics. I think you need to forcefully defend your values and explain why you believe in the things you believe in, but one reason that you'll hear me not being too doctrinaire about some of these policy groups is an awareness that the reality in government is you're going to be adjusting the finer points of the policy, anyway.

2. Ana Galindo-Marrone:

   Doug Jones in Alabama, folks, don’t be fooled, he’ll be a vote against tax cuts. He’s weak on crime, weak on borders. He’s strong on raising your taxes. He’s terrible for property owners. And Doug Jones is a doctrinaire liberal which is why he’s not saying anything and the media are trying to boost him.

3. Wade Henderson:

   His comments strongly reinforce the skepticism that many in the black community have about the sincerity of his outreach and his understanding of the complexity of inequality in American life, outreach to the black community is important, but a doctrinaire conservative response to Baltimore's unrest is no substitute for a willingness to learn about systemic injustice or to confront the harsh realities of police abuse. I expected more from him.

4. James Fenimore Cooper:

   The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in poetry, the last in cant. He is as much a visionary on one side, as the extreme theoretical democrat is a visionary on the other.

5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.