doctrinaire
doctrinaire · more doctrinaire · most doctrinaire
prinzipienreiterisch, doktrinär
Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or realityStubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
UK/ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə̯/US/ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesStubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
prinzipienreiterisch, doktrinär
stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
stubbornly holding on to an idea:
Origin
Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire.Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire.
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Forms
more doctrinaire, most doctrinaire| Comparative | more doctrinaire Lesson |
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| Superlative | most doctrinaire Lesson |
regular
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.