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doctrinaire (s) (noun), doctrinaires (pl)
1. A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard for its reasonableness: There are doctrinaires who are so set in their ways that nothing can be achieved.

Some politicians have a doctrinaire that is opposed to publicly-run healthcare.

Other doctrinaires in politics have a strong belief or support for publicly-run healthcare.

2. Those who have theories regardless of their suitabilities or usefulness in situations.
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doctrinaire (adjective), more doctrinaire, most doctrinaire
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of someone who is inflexibly attached to a practice or theory: Donald had doctrinaire notions about politics that just didn't make sense.
2. Determined to use a specific theory or method and refusing to accept that there might be a better approach: One senator is a doctrinaire conservative and the other one is a doctrinaire liberal or "progressive" and neither one has a practical approach to solving the financial situatioin.

A reference to doctrinare beliefs that some people will not change nor accept any suggestions from other others nor even when such opinions don't work and have been proven impractical.

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