doctrinaire (noun, adjective) [dok'-trah-NAIR] noun 1. a person who stubbornly holds to a practice or theory regardless of its practicality: “This is the last time I do my taxes with such a computer-hating doctrinaire.” adjective 2. stubbornly insistent on a practice or theory without regard for practicality or suitability additional noun forms: doctrinairism
Origin: Approximately 1815; from French, originally of those who tried to reconcile liberty with royal authority after 1815; from Old French, ‘doctrine’; from Latin, ‘doctrina’: teaching, body of teachings, learning, from ‘doctor’: teacher.
Used in a quote: “A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.”-William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779-1848). British statesman, prime minister. [Quoted in 'The Young Melbourne' by David Cecil (1939)].
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