The principles, practices, or beliefs characteristic of a doctrinarian; excessive devotion to doctrines and theoretical principles.
From doctrinarian + -ism (Greek -ismos 'practice or system'). This layered formation shows the maximum level of commitment to doctrinal thinking.
With words like doctrinairism, doctrinalism, and doctrinarianism, English gives us multiple ways to criticize rigid thinking—showing how important it was to Enlightenment thinkers to distinguish between principled and dogmatic reasoning.
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