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Synonyms for doctrinaire
ˈdɒk trəˈnɛərdoc·tri·naire
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Princeton's WordNet
dogmatist, doctrinaireadjective
a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
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dogmatistAntonyms:
uninstructivedoctrinaireadjective
stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Antonyms:
uninstructive
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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.
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.
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.
The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.
Kennedy was not doctrinaire and was sometimes unpredictable. The outcomes of his decisions weren't consistently pro-business or consistently anti-business. He took every case as it came to him.
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