Associations to the word «Doctrinaire»
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Wiktionary
DOCTRINAIRE, noun. A person who stubbornly holds to his or her philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
DOCTRINAIRE, adjective. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
Dictionary definition
DOCTRINAIRE, noun. A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.
DOCTRINAIRE, adjective. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.