DOCTRINAIRE

doctrinaire

(adjective) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

dogmatist, doctrinaire

(noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

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

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

Adjective

doctrinaire (comparative more doctrinaire, superlative most doctrinaire)

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Doc`tri*naire", n. Etym: [F. See Doctrine.]

Definition: One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

Note: In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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