Suspect erratic in meeting party absolutist (11)
I believe the answer is:
doctrinaire
'absolutist' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'suspect erratic in meeting party' is the wordplay.
'suspect' is an anagram indicator (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'erratic'+'in'='erraticin'
'erraticin' is an anagram of 'ctrinaire'.
'ctrinaire' put after 'do' is 'DOCTRINAIRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for doctrinaire that I've seen before include "Trying to impose beliefs" , "Inclined to follow principles to unworkable extremes" , "Dogmatic" , "Impractical theorist" , "Opinionated" .)