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Word | Doctrinaire |
Spanish Meaning | doctrinario, ,doctrinario, canónico,doctrinario, canónico |
an stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions / a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions / One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system / unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding / one who attempts to put into effect an abstract doctrine or theory with little or no regard for practical difficulties / used to describe a person who has very strong beliefs about what should be done and will not change them or accept other people's opinions, | |
Usage | ⇒ Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China, but the repressive response of the doctrinaire hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy. ⇒ a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals |
Synonyms | dogmatic, dogmatist, obstinate, bigot, opinionated, stubborn, assertive, authoritarian, dictatorial, dogged, positive, inflexible, pedantic, pigheaded, authoritative, biased, bigoted, insistent, monomaniac, mulish, |
Antonyms | amenable, flexible, obedient, submissive, manageable, dilettante, open, open-minded, uninstructive, acceptable, accessible, accommodating, acquiescent, agreeable, airy, amiable, amicable, approachable, artless, available, |
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