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Doctrinaire

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Doctrinaire'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/doctrinaire.html. 1828.