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doctrinaire
doctrinaire
adjective
Definition of DOCTRINAIRE
given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions <a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals>
Related Words adamant, adamantine, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, unyielding
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