doctrinaires

Definition of doctrinairesnext
plural of doctrinaire

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Noun
  • Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The documentary rides an emotional seesaw, bouncing between moments of despair and elation during interviews dozens of AI fanatics and skeptics.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Over a month later, Punch fanatics can now breathe a sigh of relief, as new videos have surfaced of him enjoying hugs and even hitching a ride on the back of one of his cohabitants.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Turner assembles a kaleidoscope of archival footage, performance clips, still photography, and interviews with his Arkestra members and contemporary thinkers who map Sun Ra’s long cultural afterlife.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And each dares to honor the humanity in characters often reduced to predators and prey by one faction, shrill social justice warriors and brave free thinkers by another.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Look away, Nordic sauna purists.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, the Wolverines genuinely like each other and play an unselfish brand of basketball that purists can appreciate.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And she’s proved that even people who don’t see themselves as bigots will watch this content—and in some cases laugh along.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The Muslim community in Dearborn, and indeed all Muslim communities across Michigan and the whole of our nation, will not be intimidated or baited by low-rent bigots.
    Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As carry-on only travelers, Ryan and I are sticklers about efficient packing.
    Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Regardless of what legal-ethics sticklers might think of its business model, the 156-person startup has been growing quickly.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The real divide in Europe’s tech debate, then, is not between optimists and pessimists, or nationalists and globalists.
    Wolfgang Oels, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • His visit is the latest olive branch from Washington to a network of hard-line nationalists across Europe, with Vice President JD Vance shattering norms last year by meeting with leaders from Germany’s far-right AfD party.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Doctrinaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctrinaires. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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