undoctrinaire

adjective

Definition of undoctrinairenext
as in undogmatic

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  1. undogmatic
  2. latitudinarian
  3. receptive
Adjective
  • Progressive socialist guerrillas, undogmatic and good-looking, too!
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Anderson expresses a fan’s zeal and a collector’s greed for both canonical works and weird odds and ends, a love for old modernisms that is undogmatic and unsentimental.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
Definition of undogmatic
Adjective
  • Yet if a Republican is accused of moral impropriety or corruption, their own response is considerably more latitudinarian.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 6 Aug. 2021
  • This is a promise to gut interior enforcement that, coupled with the latitudinarian attitude at the border, would do much to render our immigration laws pointless.
    — NR Editors, National Review, 11 July 2019
Definition of latitudinarian
Adjective
  • The broader drinks market is becoming more receptive to serious alcohol-free options.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • For many potential investors, an underlying concern is how long the Americans would enforce a receptive environment.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of receptive
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“Undoctrinaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undoctrinaire. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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