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There is no right way to go on an edible journey. You can never tell what is going to be great, so you have to try everything. If you become doctrinaire about sticking to lowbrow foods or epicurean delights, your just being an extremist, and it won't do you any good.
Adam Richman

Meaning of "doctrinaire" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCTRINAIRE

doctrinaire  [ˌdɒktrɪˈnɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCTRINAIRE

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Doctrinaire can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES DOCTRINAIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Doctrinaires

Doctrinaires was the name given during the Bourbon Restoration to the little group of French Royalists who hoped to reconcile the Monarchy with the Revolution, and power with liberty. Headed by Royer-Collard, these liberal royalists were in favor of a constitutional monarchy but with a heavily restricted census suffrage — Louis XVIII, who had been restored to the throne, had granted a Charter to the French with a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of deputies elected under tight electoral laws. The Doctrinaires first obtained in 1816 the co-operation of Louis XVIII, who had been frightened by the violence of the Ultra-royalists in the Chambre introuvable of 1815. The Ultras, however, quickly came back to government, headed by the comte de Villèle. The Doctrinaires were then in the opposition, although they remained quite close to the government, especially to Decazes who assumed some governmental offices. Closer to a reflexion circle than to a political party, the Doctrinaires were opposed on their left by the Republicans and the "Utopian Socialists" and on their right by the Ultras.

Definition of doctrinaire in the English dictionary

The first definition of doctrinaire in the dictionary is stubbornly insistent on the observation of the niceties of a theory, esp without regard to practicality, suitability, etc. Other definition of doctrinaire is theoretical; impractical. Doctrinaire is also a person who stubbornly attempts to apply a theory without regard to practical difficulties.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCTRINAIRE


billionaire
ˌbɪljəˈnɛə
commissionaire
kəˌmɪʃəˈnɛə
concessionaire
kənˌsɛʃəˈnɛə
debonair
ˌdɛbəˈnɛə
debonnaire
ˌdɛbəˈnɛə
extraordinaire
ɛksˌtrɔːdɪˈnɛə
legionnaire
ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə
luminaire
ˌluːmɪˈnɛə
millionaire
ˌmɪljəˈnɛə
millionnaire
ˌmɪljəˈnɛə
multimillionaire
ˌmʌltɪˌmɪljəˈnɛə
nondoctrinaire
ˌnɒnˌdɒktrɪˈnɛə
ordinaire
ˌɔːdɪˈnɛə
questionnaire
ˌkwɛstʃəˈnɛə
trillionaire
ˌtrɪljəˈnɛə
undoctrinaire
ˌʌnˌdɒktrɪˈnɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCTRINAIRE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCTRINAIRE

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Voltaire
zaire
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Synonyms and antonyms of doctrinaire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOCTRINAIRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «doctrinaire» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of doctrinaire

Translation of «doctrinaire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCTRINAIRE

Find out the translation of doctrinaire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doctrinaire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doctrinaire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

教条主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doctrinaria
570 millions of speakers

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doctrinaire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिद्धांतवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العقائدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

доктринером
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doutrinário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

doctrinaire
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doctrinaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Doctrinaire
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

doktrinär
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

教条
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doctrinaire
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà lý thuyết suông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோட்பாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिद्धान्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doktrinci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dottrinario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

doktryner
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доктринером
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doctrinar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

δογματικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doktrinêre
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

doktrinär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doktrinær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doctrinaire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCTRINAIRE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doctrinaire

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5 QUOTES WITH «DOCTRINAIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doctrinaire.
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Christopher Koch
I don't have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels you, to some extent. I'm a creature of the British Empire, and of the period of transition from the Empire.
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Lord Melbourne
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
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Randy Newman
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
4
Carroll Quigley
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.
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Adam Richman
There is no right way to go on an edible journey. You can never tell what is going to be great, so you have to try everything. If you become doctrinaire about sticking to lowbrow foods or epicurean delights, your just being an extremist, and it won't do you any good.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCTRINAIRE»

Discover the use of doctrinaire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doctrinaire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Out of order: affirmative action and the crisis of ...
This definitive critique of affirmative action documents when and how we shifted the definition of the problem of discrimination away from equality of opportunity and toward equality of result and group entitlement.
Nicholas Capaldi, 1985
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Dispersion of Meaning: The Fading Out of the Doctrinaire World?
This book present interdisciplinary research in the social sciences and humanities by connecting seemingly disparate sources through a sensitivity to endangered human values.
Matko Meštrović, 2008
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Human Resource Management Ethics
is called the philosophy-laden vs. the doctrinaire approaches (Fossum, 2002). Both of these approaches employ practices that resemble the employer- substitution emphasis of improving job satisfaction. They differ, however, in one important ...
John Raymond Deckop, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
And a docile spouse does what he or she is told. doctrinaire \däk-trə-౹naA Tending to apply principles or theories without regard for practical difficulties or individual circumstance. q She avoided taking a doctrinaire approach to teaching ; ...
Mary W. Cornog, 1993
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society
Doctrinaire is an odd word, because it is now widely used, in a political context, to indicate a group or a person or an attitude which can be seen as based on a particular set of ideas; the implication, always unfavourable, is that political actions ...
Raymond Williams, 2011
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The North British Review
They were called doctrinaires, because their reputed chief, Royer Collard, had by some satirical journalist been quizzed as a Doctrinaire Father, in allusion to his early years as a pupil in the ecclesiastical seminary of St Omer. Their small ...
Allan Freer, 1863
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Rogue Clone
March 7, 2512 A.D. Ship: Doctrinaire; Galactic Position: Perseus Arm Sections of the Doctrinaire were still under construction and probably would be for the next thousand years. The Doctrinaire was so incredibly large that its size created an ...
Steven L. Kent, 2006
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A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and ...
A politician of moderate, fixed, monarchical, and yet constitutional principles, is called a Doctrinaire ; above all, if he be philos '<hical, moral, and religious. Before the first Revolution in France, the Doctrinaires existed as a corporation, whose ...
‎1869
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The American Educational Review: A Monthly Review of the ...
Two hundred and sixty-eight young women were graduated from Smith College at the twenty- The Idealist and the ninth commencement. Doctrinaire. The oration was by Dr. Samuel M. Croth- ers, of Cambridge, who spoke on "The Idealist and ...
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Ancient and Modern Familiar Quotations from the Greek, ...
Doctrinaire. Fr. — "This appears to us a fit moment to say a few words on a question which has often been put, and as variously replied to, of 'What is a Doctrinaire?' The term has, of late years, been used as one of reproach. A politician of ...
‎1892

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCTRINAIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doctrinaire is used in the context of the following news items.
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It's not about Greek debt any more
On Wednesday, Mr. Varoufakis's replacement as finance minister, the more understated but no less doctrinaire Euclid Tsakalotos, submitted a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
The dialectic and why it matters to Marxists
In its rational form it is a scandal and an abomination to the bourgeoisie and its doctrinaire spokesmen, because it includes in its positive ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
3
Ammonia not quite 'bread from air' — but there are ways round the …
... an opportunity to get away from our present profoundly unsatisfactory generation and distribution arrangements that, for doctrinaire reasons, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Priest challenges belief in perpetual virginity of Mary
ACP co-founder Fr Tony Flannery said “the day of doctrinaire Catholicism is over Same-sex marriage vote an 'unmitigated disaster' for Church ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Letter: One-party GOP rule costly
Given the technological advancements made due to NASA's Apollo Program, Republican doctrinaire free market fetish seem to be ... «Greenville Daily Reflector, Jul 15»
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One Man's Desperate Quest to Cure His Son's Epilepsy—With Weed
But the desperate can't afford to be doctrinaire. And by the time another year had passed, we were desperate. Intravenous immunoglobulin hadn't worked. «Wired, Jul 15»
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Setting the odds (Part II)
... leadership abroad, not a president who will turn Barack Obama's retreats and displays of weakness into full-blown, doctrinaire isolationism. «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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Tory chancellor George Osborne has declared war on low wage …
... who've done a little better for themselves is the doctrinaire politics of a fundamentally dishonest Conservative axeman in the Treasury. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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US, wooing Vietnam, readies red carpet for communist
The practical perils of proximity are one matter, but more doctrinaire communists such as Trong are uneasy about casting their lot with the ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
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US readies red carpet for communist chief
The practical perils of proximity are one matter, but more doctrinaire communists such as Trong are uneasy about casting their lot with the ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

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