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doctrinaire

UK /ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə̯/US /ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛɹ/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 3

noun2

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A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
- Or, shall we play the doctrinaire, and hint that at thirty-four the tides of life are calmer and cognizant of many sources instead of but one—as at four-and-twenty? — 1909
(historical) In France, in 1815–30, a faction that advocated a constitution modeled on that of Britain.

adjective1

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Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
- We have been long accustomed to consider growth as applied almost exclusively to size in its various aspects. But Nature, who has no doctrinaire ideas, may equally apply it to concentration. — 1911

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