Doctor lamenting association with certain political views? (9)
I believe the answer is:
alignment
'association with certain political views?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'doctor lamenting' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'lamenting' with letters rearranged gives 'ALIGNMENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alignment that I've seen before include "political position" , "co-operation" , "in a row?" , "Arrangement in a straight line" , "course" .)