The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doctrinarian
Doctrinarian \Doc"tri*na"ri*an\, n.
A doctrinaire.
--J. H. Newman.
Wiktionary
doctrinarian
n. A doctrinaire.
Usage examples of "doctrinarian".
The great doctrine of the Christian era--the brotherhood of man and the duty of the strong to the weak--is in sharp contrast with this doctrinarian notion of equality.
Beginning with 1818, doctrinarians began to spring up in them, a disturbing shade.
Where the ultras were very proud, the doctrinarians were rather ashamed.