doctrinaire

Example Sentences

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Smotrich's advocacy of Jewish claims on the West Bank is informed by a doctrinaire faith in Bible prophesy.

From Reuters

Biden is right to follow Trump in abandoning the doctrinaire commitment to a free-trade ideology that no longer served the full national interest.

From Washington Post

At the same time, the magazine felt to me a bit more open, or perhaps it’s more accurate to say: less doctrinaire.

From Los Angeles Times

There are many versions of the theory, from those that make state legislatures all-powerful to less doctrinaire ones that allow state constitutions and state law to dictate some aspects of elections but not others.

From New York Times

During Lavrov’s nearly 18 years as Russia’s foreign minister, a succession of American diplomats had found him blunt and doctrinaire, but occasionally frank and realistic about relations between their two countries.

From Washington Post