- a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical: a doctrinaire preacher.
- merely theoretical; impractical.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a doctrinaire.
- stubbornly insistent on the observation of the niceties of a theory, esp without regard to practicality, suitability, etc
- theoretical; impractical
- a person who stubbornly attempts to apply a theory without regard to practical difficulties
