Word of the Day – Doctrinaire

Doctrinaire (adj)

dok-truh-nair

dogmatic about others’ acceptance of one’s ideas

First recorded in 1810–20 as a noun to refer to a member of a specific French political party. Combines doctrine + the suffix -aire, meaning “someone characterized by or occupied with.”

Example sentences

“The doctrinaire audience meant that whatever was published, there’d always be someone to disagree.”