doctrinaire「教条的;武断的;自以为是的」

Word of the Day:January 28, 2023

doctrinaire

教条的;武断的;自以为是的

adjective /dahk-truh-NAIR/ [ˌdɑktrɪˈner]

What It Means

Doctrinaire is a formal word that means “stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations.” It is often used disapprovingly to describe a person who has very strong beliefs about what should be done and who will not change those beliefs or accept other people's opinions.

Doctrinaire 正式词,意思是“顽固或过度地咬准一门学说或理论,而不考虑实际考虑”。常常是不被他人赞成的,它形容对应该做什么事,有着非常强烈信念的人,而且不会改变此观念,也不会接受别人的意见。

DOCTRINAIRE in Context

“[The art exhibition,] In the Black Fantastic is a magnificent experience, spectacular from first to last. ……The premise is succinct: to unite artists from the African diaspora who use fantasy, myth and fiction to address racism and injustice. Apposite literary quotations appear on the walls, from Frantz Fanon and others. But there is nothing theoretical or doctrinaire about the work.” — Laura Cumming, The Guardian (London), 3 July 2022

[艺术展] In the Black Fantastic 是一次壮丽的体验,从头到尾都很壮观。 ... 主题很简洁:团队来自非洲侨民的艺术家,他们用幻想、神话和小说来解决种族主义和种族歧视的问题。 墙上出现了来自 Frantz Fanon 和其他恰当的文学引语。 但这部作品没有任何理论或教条。”

They were pleased by the shift in leadership, as their old mayor was extremely doctrinaire .

他们对领导的转变感到高兴,因为他们的老市长非常教条主义。

Did You Know?

The noun doctrine refers to a set of ideas or beliefs that are taught or believed to be true, and is often used specifically for the principles on which a government or religion may be based. Its adjectival form, doctrinal (“of, relating, or preoccupied with doctrine”), as in “doctrinal teachings,” is straightforward and not particularly judgmental. Doctrinaire, however, describes someone who is rigidly and impractically devoted to a doctrine. This critical connotation comes from the word’s history in post-revolutionary France as a name for members of a group of constitutional monarchists led by statesman and philosopher Pierre Paul Royer-Collard. Royer-Collard’s doctrine was opposed by both ultraroyalists and revolutionists, and he was given the nickname “doctrinaire,” which was later capitalized and extended to his colleagues, thereafter known as the Doctrinaires.

名词 doctrine 是指被教导或相信是真实的思想或信仰,通常专门用于政府或宗教上基准的原则。 它的形容词形式,doctrinal(“教义的,与教义有关或全神贯注”),如在“doctrinal teaching「教义」”中一样,直截了当的,而不具有判断力的。 然而,Doctrinaire 指一个死板且不切实际地致力于教条的人。 这个表批判的词来自革命后的法国历史上的,一位政治家和哲学家皮埃尔·保罗·罗耶-科拉德,他所领导的一群君主立宪主义者的队伍。 Royer-Collard 的学说遭到极端皇权主义者和革命家的反对,他被冠以“doctrinaire 「教条主义者」”的绰号,后来被大写并延伸到他的同事身上,后来被称为 the Doctrinaires。

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