DOCTRINAIRE


Meaning of DOCTRINAIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒktrɪneə(r) ]

If you say that someone is doctrinaire or has a doctrinaire attitude, you disapprove of them because they have fixed principles which they try to force on other people. ( FORMAL )

He is firm but not doctrinaire.

= dogmatic

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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