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Antonyms for doctrinaire

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dok-truh-nair
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒk trəˈnɛər


Definition of doctrinaire

Origin :
  • 1820, from French doctrinaire "impractical person," originally "adherent of doctrines" (14c.), from Latin doctrina (see doctrine).
  • At first used in the context of French politics, contemptuously applied by rival factions to those who tried to reconcile liberty with royal authority after 1815. Hence, anyone who applies doctrine without making allowance for practical considerations (1831). As an adjective, from 1834.
  • adj dogmatic, opinionated
Example sentences :
  • It has been well said of him that he never became either a pedant or a doctrinaire.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • It is the hideous figure of the doctrinaire which Erasmus is thinking of.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • To these, as a "forward" party, the doctrinaire theorists have allied themselves.
  • Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
  • If his mind did not naturally work that way he would not be a Doctrinaire.
  • Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
  • The Doctrinaire can never realize the fatal nature of the "too-much."
  • Extract from : « By the Christmas Fire » by Samuel McChord Crothers
  • But Howe was no doctrinaire, bound at all costs to uphold a system.
  • Extract from : « The Tribune of Nova Scotia » by W. L. (William Lawson) Grant
  • The original instrument was not only democratic in tone, but doctrinaire.
  • Extract from : « The Governments of Europe » by Frederic Austin Ogg
  • In 1879 the principles of doctrinaire treason were preferred.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • Sun was not doctrinaire in the furtherance of immediate projects.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • With him the quibbler, the doctrinaire, the political economist, has no place.
  • Extract from : « Sir Charles Napier » by Sir William Francis Butler

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