doctrinaire

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1. doctrinaire - Noun

2. doctrinaire - Adjective

3. doctrinaire - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

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Greenspan, while still fundamentally monetarist in orientation, argued that doctrinaire application of theory was insufficiently flexible for central banks to meet emerging situations. Source: Internet

And for secular Jews, that comfort and meaning simply derives from a less doctrinaire set of sources. Source: Internet

He isn’t doctrinaire and has already started to wear his federalism lightly: in Aix-la-Chapelle, he spoke about ‘the promise of Europe’ in 2050 rather than now. Source: Internet

To avoid that, Nigerians must master contingent interpretation of politics, away from entrenched, doctrinaire positions which would neither change the United States’ or China’s strategic orientations nor make them countries Nigeria can afford to ignore. Source: Internet

Unfortunately, the vast majority of these doctrinaire adherents refuse to accept that their model or laboratory of free trade just simply doesn’t exist in this day and age. Source: Internet

Ismail, who represented the pro-Soviet faction in Aden and was regarded by his opponents as a doctrinaire figure of the hard left, had come to power in 1978. Source: Internet

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