doctrinaire

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Noun

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
2. (historical) In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

Translations

• German: Prinzipienreiter

Adjective

doctrinaire

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

Translations

• German: prinzipienreiterisch, doktrinär

Related terms

• docent
• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

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