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.
Exact synonyms: Dogmatist
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

doctorishness
doctorless
doctorlike
doctorly
doctors
doctors make the worst patients
doctorship
doctorships
doctorspeak
doctour
doctours
doctourship
doctress
doctresses
doctrinable
doctrinaire (current term)
doctrinaires
doctrinairism
doctrinairisms
doctrinal
doctrinalism
doctrinalisms
doctrinally
doctrinals
doctrinarian
doctrinarianism
doctrinarianisms
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doctrination
doctrine

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