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Definition of Doctrinaire
1. Adjective. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability.
2. Noun. A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.
Generic synonyms: Drumbeater, Partisan, Zealot
Derivative terms: Dogmatise, Dogmatise, Dogmatism, Dogmatize, Dogmatize
Definition of Doctrinaire
1. n. One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.
Definition of Doctrinaire
1. Noun. A person who stubbornly holds to his or her philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility. ¹
2. Adjective. stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doctrinaire
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doctrinaire
Literary usage of Doctrinaire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"The line of cleavage then was between the Socialist party and the Socialist Labor
party, that is, between reformist and doctrinaire elements, ..."
2. Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland by Robert Flint (1894)
"... philosophy had its counterpart, or rather complement, in doctrinaire politics.
... and doctrinaire politics which flourished in France forty years ago, ..."
3. The Philosophy of History in France and Germany by Robert Flint (1874)
"THE eclectic philosophy had its counterpart, or rather complement, in doctrinaire
politics. What the one was in speculation, the other was in action. ..."
4. A History of Political Theories from Rousseau to Spencer by William Archibald Dunning (1920)
"Guizot, the doctrinaire This admirable representative of French culture in the
first half of the nineteenth century was more distinguished in historical ..."
5. Labor and the Common Welfare by Samuel Gompers (1919)
"... "FRIENDS OF LABOR," PHILANTHROPIC AND doctrinaire We have often a very grave
complaint to make against many of our charitably inclined. ..."
6. The Monarchy of the Middle Classes: France, Social, Literary, Political by Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer (1836)
"... Royalist—doctrinaire—Artist—Young Doctors, and Philosophers of the hour.
Let us see! There has been a conspiracy. Who are at the bar? a cabinet maker, ..."
7. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Robert Hall. Thomas Paine; Common Sense; Rights of Man; Age of Beason. II.
William Godwin, the typical doctrinaire; influence; development of sympathy; ..."
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