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Synonyms for doctrinal
adj unoriginal

rigid
bigoted
bourgeois
commonplace
conforming
conservative
demure
dogmatic
hackneyed
humdrum
illiberal

inflexible
insular
lame
literal
moderate
moral
narrow
narrow-minded
obstinate
parochial
pedestrian

prosaic
puritanical
routine
rube
run-of-the-mill
sober
solemn
square
stereotyped
straight
strict

stuffy
uptight
drippy
hidebound
in rut
isolationist
not heretical
straight-laced

Antonyms for doctrinal

abnormal
exotic
unconventional
unusual
foreign

irregular
strange
uncommon
uncustomary
different

new
original
unique

Synonyms
adj based on absolute truth

assertive
pragmatic
categorical
a priori
authoritarian
authoritative
axiomatic
canonical
deducible

derivable
doctrinaire
eternal
formal
imperative
inevitable
oracular
orthodox
peremptory

positive
prophetic
systematic
theoretical
unchangeable
unerring
unqualified
reasoned
as a matter of course

by fiat
by natural law
by nature
deductive
excathedra
on faith

Antonyms

doubting
indecisive
manageable
obedient
skeptical
submissive

ambiguous
equivocal
uncertain
amenable
flexible
questioning

doubtful
dubious
fluctuating
not positive
vacillating

Synonyms
adj accepted, traditional

acknowledged
approved
authoritative
by the numbers
canonical
conformist
conservative
conventional
correct
customary

devout
die-hard
established
legitimate
official
pious
proper
punctilious
reactionary
received

recognized
religious
right
rightful
sanctioned
sound
square
standard
straight
traditionalistic

straight arrow
true
according to the book
admitted
buttoned-down
in line
old-line
well-established

Antonyms

heterodox
unconventional

unorthodox
untraditional

Synonyms
adj concerning belief in divinity

spiritual
clerical
holy
sectarian
moral
devout
sacred
pious
theological

pontifical
devotional
divine
supernatural
believing
canonical
ecclesiastical
god-fearing
godly

ministerial
orthodox
pure
reverent
righteous
sacerdotal
sacrosanct
saintly
scriptural

churchly
pietistic
prayerful
born-again
churchgoing
deistic
priestly
saintlike
theistic

Antonyms

irreligious
irreverent
evil
immoral
sinful
vile

atheistic
erring
indolent
lazy
unholy
unsacred

wicked
agnostic
ungodly
careless
undetailed

Synonyms
adj religious, concerning a god-centered philosophy

metaphysical
ecclesiastical
canonical

divine
scriptural
churchly

apostolic
deistic
theistic

Antonyms

irreligious

Synonyms
adj usual, established

conventional
old
classical
classic
universal
time-honored
historic
regular

common
popular
acceptable
accustomed
acknowledged
ancestral
customary
fixed

folk
habitual
immemorial
oral
prescribed
rooted
sanctioned
unwritten

widespread
long-established
taken for granted
transmitted
widely used

Antonyms

abnormal
unusual
modern
extraordinary
infrequent

irregular
uncommon
different
new
rare

fresh
unfixed
untraditional
unestablished

Synonyms
adj persuasive

didactic
disciplinary
expository
instructional

instructive
moralizing
preaching
teaching

admonitory
edifying
disquisitional
sermonic

sermonizing