doctrinaire
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“Despite all evidence to the contrary, Marshall still believed,” in Mr. Dikötter’s words, that the Communists “were not doctrinaire ideologists, but merely rural reformers who could help shape a democratic China.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
"The modernism that was around before the 1980s was very grey, restrictive, utilitarian and quite doctrinaire really," Farrell said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
After State Department officials raised the legal issue in one situation room meeting, Kissinger said scornfully: "We shouldn't decide this on such doctrinaire grounds."
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2023
For all the bipartisan praise, Mrs. Korologos was a loyal if not doctrinaire Reaganite, following the legacy of her predecessor, Bill Brock, another moderate former senator from Tennessee.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The Christmas book has the tone of a doctrinaire protest against doctrinaires, and, as Forster has pointed out, is manifestly written under the influence of Carlyle.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
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