Hound arts graduate that is cursed primarily with doctrinaire manner (8)
I believe the answer is:
dogmatic
'doctrinaire manner' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.
'hound arts graduate that is cursed primarily' is the wordplay.
'hound' becomes 'dog' ('dog' can be a synonym of 'hound'**).
'arts graduate' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts).
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'that is cursed' is 'tic'.
'dog'+'ma'+'tic'='DOGMATIC'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dogmatic that I've seen before include "Stating opinions forcefully and arrogantly" , "Putting forward opinions in authoritative or intolerant way" , "Asserting things as incontrovertibly true" , "Inclined to assertion; overbearing" , "Giving opinions in arrogant know-all way" .)