doctrinaire

Definitions

Seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations.

A person who stubbornly insists on the application of a theory or dogma regardless of reality.

Examples

The professor's doctrinaire approach to teaching left no room for students to express alternative viewpoints.

He was criticized for his doctrinaire adherence to a political ideology that failed to account for the complexities of the real world.

Synonyms

dogmatic inflexible rigid authoritarian opinionated ideological uncompromising

Antonyms

pragmatic flexible open-minded adaptable liberal practical tolerant