Definition for Doctrinaire:

• stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

Synonyms for Doctrinaire:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • doctrinaire.
  •authoritarian (adjective)
  • disciplinarian,
  • severe,
  • autocratic,
  • harsh,
  • tyrannical,
  • totalitarian,
  • imperious,
  • absolute,
  • unyielding,
  • despotic,
  • strict.
  •authoritative (adjective)
  • decisive,
  • imposing,
  • commanding,
  • dominating,
  • peremptory,
  • officious,
  • imperative,
  • assertive,
  • self-assured,
  • confident,
  • masterly.
  •dictatorial (adjective)
  • domineering,
  • unlimited,
  • proud,
  • arrogant,
  • pompous,
  • haughty,
  • egotistic,
  • unrestricted,
  • arbitrary,
  • stern,
  • firm,
  • oppressive,
  • clamorous,
  • bossy,
  • overbearing.
  •doctrinaire (adjective)
  • bullheaded,
  • stubborn,
  • biased,
  • speculative,
  • rigid,
  • impractical,
  • mulish,
  • magisterial,
  • pertinacious,
  • insistent,
  • unrealistic,
  • bigoted,
  • obstinate,
  • dogged,
  • one-sided,
  • pigheaded,
  • inflexible,
  • fanatical.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • determined,
  • intolerant,
  • eternal,
  • unqualified,
  • oracular,
  • unerring,
  • obdurate,
  • derivable,
  • narrow-minded,
  • unchangeable,
  • definite,
  • tenacious,
  • unequivocal,
  • pragmatic,
  • inevitable,
  • egotistical,
  • a priori,
  • categorical,
  • formal,
  • deducible,
  • emphatic,
  • theoretical,
  • prophetic,
  • systematic,
  • downright,
  • axiomatic,
  • high and mighty,
  • canonical,
  • cocksure,
  • reasoned.
  •pedantic (adjective)
  • punctilious,
  • academic,
  • learned,
  • dull,
  • priggish,
  • erudite,
  • dry,
  • hairsplitting,
  • scholastic,
  • ostentatious,
  • overnice,
  • stilted,
  • pedagogic,
  • particular,
  • sententious,
  • fussy,
  • abstruse,
  • arid,
  • didactic.
  •prejudiced (adjective)
  • more leaning,
  • pre-conceived,
  • xenophobic,
  • pre-supposing,
  • closedminded,
  • more xenophobic,
  • most presupposing,
  • most sexist,
  • pre conceived,
  • closed minded,
  • pre possessed,
  • pre-disposed,
  • dis criminatory,
  • pre supposing,
  • pre-possessed,
  • most leaning,
  • dis-criminatory,
  • more preconceived,
  • most xenophobic,
  • more sexist,
  • most preconceived,
  • more presupposing.
  •sectarian (adjective)
  • cliquish,
  • non-conformist,
  • hidebound,
  • factional,
  • small town.

• n.

  •
  • positive,
  • affirmative,
  • approving,
  • partial,
  • supportive,
  • side,
  • sympathetic,
  • pro.
  •
  • ability.
  •believer (noun)
  • devotee,
  • canonists,
  • acceptor,
  • upholders,
  • apostle,
  • orthodox,
  • religionist,
  • religious person,
  • upholder,
  • adherent,
  • Acceptors,
  • doctrinaires,
  • canonist,
  • religionists,
  • dogmatists,
  • prophet,
  • convert,
  • disciple,
  • supporter,
  • freak,
  • proselyte,
  • follower.
  •bigot (noun)
  • enthusiast,
  • stickler,
  • extremist,
  • fanatic,
  • chauvinist,
  • diehard,
  • puritan,
  • maniac,
  • fiend.
  •doctrinaire (noun)
  • informative,
  • instructive.
  •dogmatic (noun)
  • opinionated,
  • study at dogmatic.
  •pedant (noun)
  • bluestockings,
  • waling encyclopedia,
  • bluestocking,
  • methodologist.
  •racist (noun)
  • white supremacist,
  • xenophobe,
  • xenophobes,
  • klansperson,
  • black supremacist,
  • prejudiced person,
  • sexist person.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • authoritarian,
  • authoritative,
  • by nature,
  • deductive,
  • dictatorial,
  • doctrinal,
  • dogmatic,
  • donnish,
  • fascistic,
  • formalistic,
  • on faith,
  • pedantic,
  • preconceived,
  • prejudiced,
  • sectarian,
  • stiff-necked,
  • tyrannic,
  • wrongheaded,
  • Inkhorn,
  • Pedantical,
  • ex cathedra,
  • wrong-headed,
  • iron-handed,
  • excathedra,
  • over-nice,
  • nit-picking,
  • as a matter of course,
  • crack the whip,
  • by fiat,
  • by natural law,
  • crack-the-whip,
  • dictative,
  • ex-cathedra,
  • ironhanded,
  • schoolish,
  • throwing weight around.
  •n.
  • believer,
  • bigot,
  • dogmatist,
  • intellectual,
  • monomaniac,
  • partisan,
  • pedant,
  • persecutor,
  • racist,
  • segregationist,
  • sexist,
  • zealot,
  • drumbeater,
  • Puritans,
  • segregationists,
  • sexists,
  • persecutors,
  • superpatriot,
  • opinionated person.
  •Other relevant words:
  • anticlerical.

Paraphrases for Doctrinaire:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    doctrinal, dogmatic, ideological.

Antonyms for Doctrinaire:

• adj.

  • authoritarian
    democratic, liberal.
  • dictatorial
    docile, passive.
  • doctrinaire
    manageable, submissive, amenable, flexible, obedient.
  • dogmatic
    dubious, equivocal, not positive, doubtful, uncertain, doubting, questioning, ambiguous, skeptical, fluctuating, indecisive, vacillating.
  • opinionated
    compromising, indifferent.
  • pedantic
    imprecise, informal.
  • Other antonyms:
    latitudinarian, open, open-minded, undogmatic, receptive, uninstructive, broadminded.

• n.

  • believer
    disbeliever, non-believer, agnostic, atheist.
  • bigot
    humanitarian, tolerator.

Doctrinaire Sentence Examples:

• Wakefield, who advised him, was a doctrinaire theorist who put his preconceived principles into highly successful practice both in Australia and Canada.

• He wrote, for all his scholarly grace, like a man of flesh and blood, not a pedant nor a doctrinaire.

Hyponym for Doctrinaire:

• n.

  • person
    zealot, drumbeater, partisan.