"doctrinaire" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|doctrinaire}} French doctrinaire, {{suffix|fr||aire|nocat=1}} + -aire Head templates: {{en-adj}} doctrinaire (comparative more doctrinaire, superlative most doctrinaire)
  1. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality. Related terms: docent, docile, doctor, doctorate, doctrinal, doctrine, document, indoctrinate Translations (stubbornly holding on to an idea): doktrinářský (Czech), doktrinäärinen (Finnish), prinzipienreiterisch (German), doktrinär (German), doktriner (Hungarian)
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Noun

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Etymology: Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|doctrinaire}} French doctrinaire, {{suffix|fr||aire|nocat=1}} + -aire Head templates: {{en-noun}} doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)
  1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility. Translations (person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion): doktrinář [masculine] (Czech), doktrinääri (Finnish), Prinzipienreiter [masculine] (German), Doktrinär [masculine] (German), doktriner (Hungarian), doktryner [masculine] (Polish), doktrynerka [feminine] (Polish)
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  2. (historical) In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doctrinairely, doctrinairism, nondoctrinaire, undoctrinaire

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      "word": "doctrine"
    },
    {
      "word": "document"
    },
    {
      "word": "indoctrinate"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "[1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "Mr. Chapman began to talk in a loud voice about the situation in the House of Commons. He guffawed at his adversaries. The word doctrinaire—word full of terror to the British mind—reappeared from time to time between his explosions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1911, Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Marples out of step”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1:",
          "text": "They showed a new and encouraging Parliamentary appreciation that it is time our national transport problems were examined expertly and without doctrinaire prejudice of any sort—or too much attention to the lobbying of some powerful special interests.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 October 8, Martin Kettle, “Doctrinaire and dangerous, Cameron's speech could unseal the deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The next government should be patient, and wait for the revenues to begin flowing. The course set by Cameron and Osborne is not just doctrinaire. It is also dangerous.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 4, Peter Walker, Rupert Neate, “Truss to push ahead with low-tax economy despite calls for caution”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "As analysts warned that relying on boosting economic growth to reduce income inequalities could increase disparities, Tory grandees sounded the alarm over what they said risked being an doctrinaire approach.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 6, Devin Gordon, “Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 2023-06-09:",
          "text": "The widespread use of subtitles felt, to me, like a lurch backward toward the silent-film era. But I didn’t want to be too doctrinaire. Maybe some exceptions could be made.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality."
      ],
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        ],
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          "reality",
          "reality"
        ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stubbornly holding on to an idea",
      "word": "doktrinářský"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stubbornly holding on to an idea",
      "word": "doktrinäärinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stubbornly holding on to an idea",
      "word": "prinzipienreiterisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stubbornly holding on to an idea",
      "word": "doktrinär"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stubbornly holding on to an idea",
      "word": "doktriner"
    }
  ],
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}

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