doctrinaryadj.
/ˈdɒktrɪnəri/ Holding an abstract doctrine and seeking to apply it in all circumstances; = doctrinaire adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [adjective]
high?1535
Arctic1593
magistral1596
forward1608
confident1611
magisterial1635
pragmatic1638
high-flown1640
affirmative1650
thetical1653
positive1658
pragmatical1660
dogmatical1662
dogmatic1681
unargumentative1722
ultra1820
doctrinaire1834
cocksure1842
doctrinary1846
unevidential1853
Doctrinarian1878
pontificating1922
fundamentalist1928
hardcore1951
1846 J. C. Hare Mission of Comforter II. 484 Arguing against the doctrinary school.
1851 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (rev. ed.) ii. 33 His..doctrinary republicanism.
1893 National Observer 15 Apr. 535/1 Doctrinary pedants.
Derivatives
doctriˈnarity n. quality of a doctrinaire.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun]
dogmatism1603
pragmaticalness1626
positivenessa1649
magisteriousness1650
magisterialness1651
dogmaticalness1663
dogmaticality1705
cock-surety1819
ultraism1821
pontificating1825
doctrinairism1836
absolutism1854
dogmaticism1856
doctrinaritya1869
doctrinism1872
doctrinarianism1877
cocksureness1878
cocksureism1889
a1869 Visct. Strangford Lett. & Papers 235 Excess in doctrinarity and excess in earnestness are threatening to set their mark on the new political generation.
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adj.1846