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Meaning of doctrinaire

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

doctrinaire

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.

  2. In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

adjective

Definitions

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doctrinaire

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