English Explanatory Dictionary

doctrinaire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
  2. In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.
adj
  1. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

doctrinaire doctrinaires more doctrinaire most doctrinaire

Etymology

Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire.

Related words

true believer docent docile doctor doctorate doctrinal doctrine document indoctrinate

Derived words

doctrinairely doctrinairism doctrinarity nondoctrinaire undoctrinaire
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