doctrinaire
noun
a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
undoctrinaire
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a word derived from
doctrinaire.
Example Sentences
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The art of de Kooning, so generous and undoctrinaire, does the same.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2011
An undoctrinaire socialist, Peter recorded: "I have never said sir to anyone since I was 17 years old" In a sense Peter was the ultimate conspiracy theorist: everything, his conversation showed, was connected.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2010
He is undoctrinaire and skeptical of extreme positions, whether they appear in the "new economics" of Harvard's John Kenneth Galbraith or in the budget-balancing rigidity of traditional Republican economic policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Tocqueville, it has been frequently observed that we are a pragmatic people?commonsensical, undogmatic and undoctrinaire, a nation of practical energy, ingenuity and spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
More important, he goes after the big guns, wears no man's collar and follows a pragmatic, undoctrinaire course that arouses Californians' sense of individualism.
From Time Magazine Archive
