[dok-truh-nair] 
| 1. | a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist. |
| 2. | dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher. |
| 3. | merely theoretical; impractical. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a doctrinaire. |
| doc·tri·naire (dŏk'trə-nâr') n. A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory. See Synonyms at dictatorial. [French, from doctrine, doctrine, from Old French; see doctrine.] doc'tri·nair'ism n., doc'tri·nar'i·an n. |
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