doctrinaire (redirected from doctrinairism)

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.

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

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doctri·nairism n.

doctri·nari·an n.

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doctrinaire

Adjective

stubbornly insistent on the application of a theory without regard to practicality

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doctrinaire - a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions dogmatist drumbeater, partisan, zealot - a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Adj.	1.	doctrinaire - stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

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doctrinaire

adjective 1. dogmatic, rigid, fanatical, inflexible

adjective 2. impractical, theoretical, speculative, ideological, unrealistic, hypothetical, unpragmatic

Translations

doctrinaire [dɔktrɪˈnɛəʳ] adj → doctrinario