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Doctrinaire Common

Doctrinaire has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

2

A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.

Adjective
1

stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
partisan
Rhyming Words
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