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doctrinaires

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Noun

Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?

— Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025

Definition of dogmatists

Noun

This coexistence of one god and many gods may initially appear contradictory, but a clearer picture emerges by tracing the history of how Hindu texts, traditions, and thinkers—and some Western scholars—have answered this question.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
But alongside serious thinkers such as Rankine, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Saidiya Hartman, less rigorous writers and ideas were also elevated.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of thinkers

Noun

As for enduring monuments, Elvis fanatics have Graceland, Beatles obsessives have Abbey Road, but Dolly?

— Carlye Wisel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Just not as much as the callous bosses who created this indefensible, toxic situation and the fanatics who once cheered it.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fanatics

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The final chip set is for purists, with the robo-dog, Rush, acting as a springboard to give Mega Man extra height on his jump.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Like countless country artists before and after her, her decision to alter her sound to reach a broader pop audience during these years was met with a tremendous amount of sonic-policing controversy from the genre’s purists.

— Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of purists

Noun

Carrington's hard foul is more proof, visible proof, of who the real bigots and aggressors are.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Rising antisemitic hate-crime stats suggest the proliferation of deranged bigots terrorizing the Jewish community, some who may go on to commit deadly crimes if they are not apprehended.

— Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigots

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Strict meal times and long happy hours tell us that the French are sticklers about having a break and leaning into leisure, which doesn’t sound half bad at all.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
The rise of the grammar sticklers Many of today’s ideas about what constitutes correct English are based on a singular – often mistaken – 19th-century view of the forces that govern our language.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of sticklers

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Begin became prime minister in 1977, ushering in the rise of right-wing nationalists and sweeping out the socialist movement launched under Ben Gurion.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
But Jewish religious nationalists, particularly uneducated young men, remain a threat, said John Munayer of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, an interreligious organization in Jerusalem.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

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