Doctrinaire

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.

2.nounIn France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

3.adjectiveStubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

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