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

But the idea is first stolen by one of her colleagues, then shot down by another as insufficiently doctrinaire.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

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

I was only interrupted once, by Pepper, when I mentioned Schmerveloff's name, the Russian social doctrinaire.

From The Debit Account by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]