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doctrinal
adjective as in conventional
Strongest match
Weak matches
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- button-down
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
adjective as in dogmatic
Strongest matches
adjective as in homiletic
adjective as in orthodox
Weak matches
- according to the book
- acknowledged
- admitted
- approved
- authoritative
- buttoned-down
- by the numbers
- canonical
- conformist
- conservative
- conventional
- correct
- customary
- devout
- die-hard
- established
- in line
- legitimate
- official
- old-line
- pious
- proper
- punctilious
- reactionary
- received
- recognized
- religious
- right
- rightful
- sanctioned
- sound
- square
- standard
- straight
- straight arrow
- traditionalistic
- true
- well-established
adjective as in religious
adjective as in theological
Strongest matches
adjective as in traditional
Example Sentences
“Article II: Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”
The Cardinal, who is head of the Vatican's doctrinal office, dismissed speculation that the pontiff would follow his predecessor Benedict XVI and resign the papacy.
Reform Party, Britain’s closest thing to a Trump analogue, over a minor doctrinal dispute that isn’t worth exploring here.
They will almost assuredly will be captive of warmed-over doctrinal verities, underwritten by arrogant conviction.
"What we have now in the Age of Trump is a situation where what it means to be a Christian is adherence to political conservative orthodoxy, rather than Christian doctrinal orthodoxy."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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