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1. (n.) doctrinaire
a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations.
2. (adj.) doctrinaire
dogmatic about one's ideas; fanatical.
3. doctrinaire
merely theoretical; impractical.
4. doctrinaire
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a doctrinaire.
Etymology: (1810–20; < F; see doctrine , -aire)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) dogmatist, doctrinaire
a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
2. (adj) doctrinaire
stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
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1. (noun) doctrinaire
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
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