doctrinaire

n.
A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality.

adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory. See synonyms at dictatorial.

[French, from doctrine, doctrine, from Old French. See doctrine.]

doctrinairism doc'tri·nair'ism n.
doctrinarian doc'tri·nar'i·an n.

adjective

Devoted to certain doctrines without regard to practicability: dogmatic. See ability/inability.

adj

Definition: dogmatic, opinionated
Antonyms: amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  Synonym: dogmatist

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The adjective doctrinaire has one meaning:

Meaning #1: stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - doktrinær, dogmatisk, pedantisk
n. - dogmatiker, pedant

Nederlands (Dutch)
doctrinair

Français (French)
adj. - doctrinaire
n. - doctrinaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - doktrinär, (starr an einer Meinung festhaltend)
n. - doktrinär

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δογματικός, θεωρητικός

Italiano (Italian)
dottrinario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - doutrinário

Русский (Russian)
доктринерский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - doctrinario
n. - doctrinario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - doktrinär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
空论的, 教条主义的, 空论家, 纯理论家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 空論的, 教條主義的
n. - 空論家, 純理論家

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이론만을 중시하는 공론의
n. - (이론 만을 중시하는) 공론가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 空論家
adj. - 空理空論の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مطبقا أو مصمما على نظريه من غير اعتبار المصاعب العمليه, نظري لا عملي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתעלם מהמציאות, שקוע בהלכה, דוקטרינר, מעדיף את התיאוריה על המציאות‬
n. - ‮דוקטרינר‬

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