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DOCTRINAIRE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

Synonyms:

doctrinaire; dogmatist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("doctrinaire" is a kind of...):

drumbeater; partisan; zealot (a fervent and even militant proponent of something)

Derivation:

doctrinaire (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)

Derivation:

doctrinaire (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)

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