DOCTRINAIRE Synonyms

• of or characteristic of a dictator

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

• relating to or involving dogma

• characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

• characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

• marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

• incapable of change

• not making concessions

• resistant to being bent

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• not wide

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• very limited in degree

• a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

• limited in extent or scope

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• define clearly

• become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

• become tight or as if tight

• capable of being shocked

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

• having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

• influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• persist stubbornly

• obstinate in your opinions

• designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• incapable of compromise or flexibility

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• fixed and unmoving

• excessively or hypocritically pious

• incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• not making concessions

• a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions