doctrinaire
IPA: dɑktrʌnˈɛr
noun
- A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
- (historical) In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.
adjective
- Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
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Examples of "doctrinaire" in Sentences
- I am not attempting to be a doctrinaire.
- Home schooling is often more doctrinaire.
- He was a doctrinaire disciple of Marcellus.
- I hold no doctrinaire view on such matters.
- Generally speaking socialism is doctrinaire.
- By the way, I am not doctrinaire about censorship.
- Home schooling is often more doctrinaire not less.
- Amandla will not be dogmatic, doctrinaire or thick.
- Derrida is no friend to doctrinaire leftists either.
- The Doctrinaire has a compliment of 280 Tomcat Fighters.
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