doctrinaire

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine +‎ -aire. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə̯/ (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdɑk.tɹɪˈnɛɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌdɔk.tɹɪ.neː/ (New Zealand) (without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˌdɒk.tɹəˈneə̯/, [ˌdɔ̟k.tɹəˈneə̯] (cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˌdɒk.tɹəˈniə̯/, [ˌdɔ̟k.tɹəˈniə̯] === Noun === doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires) A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility. (historical) In France, in 1815–30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== true believer === Adjective === doctrinaire (comparative more doctrinaire, superlative most doctrinaire) Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Raymond Williams (1983), “Doctrinaire”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 108. “doctrinaire”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == French == === Etymology === From doctrine +‎ -aire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔk.tʁi.nɛʁ/ === Noun === doctrinaire m or f by sense (plural doctrinaires) doctrinaire === Adjective === doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires) doctrinaire doctrinal ==== Derived terms ==== doctrinairement ==== Descendants ==== → English: doctrinaire → German: doktrinär === Further reading === “doctrinaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012