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doctrinaire
Synonyms and Antonyms 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 Synonyms of doctrinaire dogmatic, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, pontifical, self-opinionatedWords Related to doctrinaire adamant, adamantine, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, unyieldingNear Antonyms of doctrinaire broadminded, open, open-minded, receptiveAntonyms of doctrinaire latitudinarian, undoctrinaire, undogmatic
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