doctrinaire

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
2. (historical) In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

Adj

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

Synonyms

pedant

speculative

dogmatist

theoretical

notional

opinionated

opinionative

pragmatic

pragmatical

pure

theoretic

theoretician

theorist

theorizer

unrealistic

theoriser

abstruse

theory-based

academic

doctrinal

dogmatic

mathematical

Translations

doctrinaire

doctrinario

δογματικός

kuramsal

Doktrinär

θεωρητικός

dogmatiste

dottrinari

leer

leerstelling

doctrinair

leerstellig

Etymology

Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire.