doctrinaire
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doctrinaire noun
- A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
- In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.
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doctrinaire adjective
- Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
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dogmatistinformativeinstructivedogmaticideologicaldoctrinalsweepingdoctrinariandoctrinalisttrue believerintransigentistdogmaticianpissantsticklerabsolutisthard-liner
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