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DOCTRINAIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doctrinaire mean?
• DOCTRINAIRE (noun)
The noun DOCTRINAIRE has 1 sense:
1. a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Familiarity information: DOCTRINAIRE used as a noun is very rare.
• DOCTRINAIRE (adjective)
The adjective DOCTRINAIRE has 1 sense:
1. stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Familiarity information: DOCTRINAIRE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
doctrinaire; dogmatist
Hypernyms ("doctrinaire" is a kind of...):
drumbeater; partisan; zealot (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)
Derivation:
doctrinaire (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Similar:
informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
Derivation:
doctrinaire (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
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