fanatical, dogmatic; impractical
impractical theorist, theorist who does not consider practical matters when applying his theories
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Doctrinaire Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne 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.
doctrinaire
\doc`tri*naire"\ (?), n. [f. see doctrine.] 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.
note: in french history, the doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. after the revolution of july, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. cyc.
*Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability*An stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
***Egyptians are definitely more religious these days, but, at the same time, this religiosity is being complemented by a very ambitious social and economic program of the Islamists. Here's an example of the blending of the religious and the secular: a number of my former professors from the American University of Cairo were Marxists twenty years ago -- fairly adamant, fairly doctrinaire Marxists. They are now equally adamant, equally doctrinaire Islamists. Why? When you look at Islam and at Marxism, there are a lot of common denominators: both are egalitarian, both embrace radical social and economic reform, both demand a total appropriation of the public space, and they share a dogmatic, ideological view of the world. Both provide a totality.
***Egyptians are definitely more religious these days, but, at the same time, this religiosity is being complemented by a very ambitious social and economic program of the Islamists. Here's an example of the blending of the religious and the secular: a number of my former professors from the American University of Cairo were Marxists twenty years ago -- fairly adamant, fairly doctrinaire Marxists. They are now equally adamant, equally doctrinaire Islamists. Why? When you look at Islam and at Marxism, there are a lot of common denominators: both are egalitarian, both embrace radical social and economic reform, both demand a total appropriation of the public space, and they share a dogmatic, ideological view of the world. Both provide a totality.
Noun
1. a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
(synonym) dogmatist
(hypernym) partisan, zealot, drumbeater
Adjective
1. stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
(similar) instructive, informative
Doctrinaire Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Doctrinaires was the name given during the Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830) 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 (only around 100,000 Frenchmen had at the time the right to vote).
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