Definitions for doctrinaire
ˈdɒk trəˈnɛərdoc·tri·naire

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dogmatist, doctrinaireadjective

   a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

2. doctrinaireadjective

   stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. doctrinairenoun

   A person who stubbornly holds to his or her philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.

2. doctrinaireadjective

   stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

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1. doctrinaire

   During the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848), the Doctrinals (French: doctrinaires) were a group of French royalists who hoped to reconcile the monarchy with the French Revolution and power with liberty. Headed by Royer-Collard, these liberal royalists were in favor of a constitutional monarchy, but with a heavily restricted census suffrage—Louis XVIII, who had been restored to the throne, had granted a Charter to the French with a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of Deputies elected under tight electoral laws (only around 100,000 Frenchmen had at the time the right to vote). The Doctrinaires were a centrist, as well as a conservative-liberal group, but at that time, liberal was considered to be the mainstream political left, so the group was considered a centre-left group.During the July Monarchy, they were an intellectual and political group within the Resistance Party. Led by the Duke of Broglie and François Guizot, the Doctrinaires held powerful posts throughout the reign of Louis-Philippe. Broglie (1835–1836) and Guizot (1847–1848) were both Prime Ministers of France, although Guizot and the Doctrinaires dominated the political scenery during the premiership of Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1840–1847).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Doctrinairenoun

   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

2. Etymology: [F. See Doctrine.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Doctrinaire

   doc′tri-nār, n. an unpractical theorist, disposed to carry principles to logical but unworkable extremes: in France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.—adj. theorist.—ns. Doctrinā′rian, one given to theory; Doctrinā′rianism, blind adhesion to one-sided principles. [Fr.,—Late L. doctrinarius.]

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   The numerical value of doctrinaire in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of doctrinaire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of doctrinaire in a Sentence

1. Robert H. Jackson:

   The choice is not between order and liberty. It is between liberty with order and anarchy without either. There is danger that, if the court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.

2. Ana Galindo-Marrone:

   Doug Jones in Alabama, folks, don’t be fooled, he’ll be a vote against tax cuts. He’s weak on crime, weak on borders. He’s strong on raising your taxes. He’s terrible for property owners. And Doug Jones is a doctrinaire liberal which is why he’s not saying anything and the media are trying to boost him.

3. John Elwood:

   Kennedy was not doctrinaire and was sometimes unpredictable. The outcomes of his decisions weren't consistently pro-business or consistently anti-business. He took every case as it came to him.

4. Wade Henderson:

   His comments strongly reinforce the skepticism that many in the black community have about the sincerity of his outreach and his understanding of the complexity of inequality in American life, outreach to the black community is important, but a doctrinaire conservative response to Baltimore's unrest is no substitute for a willingness to learn about systemic injustice or to confront the harsh realities of police abuse. I expected more from him.

5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=doctrinaire
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Doctrinaire
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrinaire
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doctrinaire
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=doctrinaire