American English pronunciation
How to pronounce doctrinaire
IPA transcription: [,dɑktɹə'nɛɹ]
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Noun
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a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Adjective
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stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Usage examples
- Stein writes that Smith was not pure or doctrinaire about this idea.
- He did maintain the later-discredited phlogiston hypothesis, but wasn't doctrinaire about it.
- These members were dissatisfied with what they saw as that party's rigid, doctrinaire approach.