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doctrinaire
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See: bigot, dogmatic, theoretical
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The problem is that, while the Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil is a liberal and pragmatic figure wanting to bring in as many IOCs as he can, the top management at Sonatrach remains under the influence of rigid doctrinaires still thinking the resource nationalism of the early 1970s revived in recent years by Venezuela and Iran is the winning option, which means tougher terms and an attitude scaring IOCs away (see omt6AlgFieldsFeb9-09).
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The pressure for OPEC to price its crude oil in currencies other than the dollar had been a demand in the 1970s by socialist doctrinaires among member-states, such as those of Algeria.
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In the culture wars which perennially beset us, true-blue liberals always envision themselves as neutral, valiantly defending humanity against those evil doctrinaires who want to impose their own doctrines on everybody.
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