I. |däktrə̇|na(a)](ə)r, -ne], ]ə\ noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from doctrine doctrine, teaching + -aire -ary (from Latin -arius )
1. : a member of a French political party that persisted from about 1815 to 1830, advocated a constitutional monarchy, and was opposed both to the ultraroyalists and to the revolutionists
2. : one who attempts to put into effect some especially political doctrine or theory with little or no regard for practical difficulties
II. adjective
: relating to or characteristic of a doctrinaire : stubbornly devoted to some particular doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations : dogmatic
an atonal composition in the doctrinaire sense — Winthrop Sargeant