Saturday, September 19, 2009

TODAY'S WORD-DOCTRINAIRE

doctrinaire

(noun, adjective)
[dok'-trah-NAIR]

noun

1. a person who stubbornly holds to a practice or theory regardless of its practicality: "This is the last time I do my taxes with such a computer-hating doctrinaire."

adjective

2. stubbornly insistent on a practice or theory without regard for practicality or suitability

additional noun forms: doctrinairism, doctrinarian

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