doctrinarian

English

Noun

doctrinarian (plural doctrinarians)

1. A doctrinaire.
   • 1872, John Henry Newman, Discussions and Arguments:

     Protestantism is embodied in a system; so is Popery: but when a man takes up this Via Media, he is a mere doctrinarian—he is wasting his efforts in delineating an invisible phantom; and he will be judged, and fairly, to be trifling, and bookish

Derived terms

• doctrinarianism

 

References

“doctrinarian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cardionatrin