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Synonyms and Antonyms of doctrinaire

given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions
  • a doctrinaire conservative, the columnist takes special delight in baiting liberals
Synonyms of doctrinaire

dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, pontifical, self-opinionated
Words Related to doctrinaire

adamant, adamantine, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, unyielding
Near Antonyms of doctrinaire

broadminded, open, open-minded, receptive
Antonyms of doctrinaire

latitudinarian, undoctrinaire, undogmatic

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desultory

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