different between indoctrinate vs doctrinaire

English

Etymology

in- +? doctrine +? -ate

Verb

indoctrinate (third-person singular simple present indoctrinates, present participle indoctrinating, simple past and past participle indoctrinated)

1. To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
2. (obsolete) To teach; to instruct.

Derived terms

• indoctrination

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• indoctrinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indoctrinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine +? -aire.

Noun

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

1. A person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
2. (historical) In France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.

Translations

Adjective

doctrinaire (comparative more doctrinaire, superlative most doctrinaire)

1. Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.

Translations

Related terms

• docent
• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Further reading

• "doctrinaire" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 108.

French

Etymology

doctrine +? -aire

Pronunciation

Noun

doctrinaire m or f (plural doctrinaires)

1. doctrinaire

Adjective

doctrinaire (plural doctrinaires)

1. doctrinaire
2. doctrinal

Derived terms

• doctrinairement