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Doctrinarian

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doc·tri·naire  (dktr-nâr)
n.
A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory. See Synonyms at dictatorial.

[French, from doctrine, doctrine, from Old French; see doctrine.]

doctri·nairism n.
doctri·nari·an n.


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Although Mexican doctrinarians claim that human rights are not new in Mexico when one considers that the use of the term "derechos del hombre" may be traced back to the Federal Constitution of 1857, the fact remains that the notion of human rights became quite popular as a result of the establishment of Mexico's National Commission of Human Rights (Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos or CNDH) by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
 
 
 
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