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DOCTRINAIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Synonyms:
doctrinaire; dogmatist
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Classified under:
Similar:
informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
Derivation:
doctrinaire (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)