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Six example sentences with doctrinaire, each labelled with its topic.
The seminar had one doctrinaire in the corner who dismissed every reading and never explained why he disagreed.
Philosophy
A doctrinaire on the committee blocked the compromise for nine months, refusing every version anyone put on the table.
Politics
Every design meeting stalled because a doctrinaire in the room rejected any layout he had not sketched himself.
Startups
The ministry's doctrinaire refused every subsidy on principle, even after the harvest failed twice.
Economics
The conservatory had a doctrinaire who dismissed jazz outright and never once explained what was wrong with it.
Music
A doctrinaire on the jury rejected every abstract canvas without looking at any of them twice.
Art
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