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doctrinaires

doctrinaires is the plural of doctrinaire.

Meaning of doctrinaire

Noun

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

  1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
    • And he is not above feeling grave and well-contained satisfaction wherever the socialist doctrinaire has been contradicted by men attempting to practise coöperation in the midst of the competitive system, as in Belgium.1905 April, Jack London, “A Review”, in War of the Classes, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 212
  2. (historical) In France, in 1815–30, a faction that advocated a constitution modeled on that of Britain.

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Questions about doctrinaires

What is doctrinaires the plural of?
Doctrinaires is the plural of doctrinaire.

Words near doctrinaires in the dictionary

  1. doctresses
  2. doctrices
  3. doctrinable
  4. doctrinaire
  5. doctrinairely
  6. doctrinaires
  7. doctrinairism
  8. doctrinairisms
  9. doctrinal
  10. doctrinalism
  11. doctrinalisms

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