hard-liner
noun
a person who adheres rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan.
hardliner
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a variation of
hard-liner.
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a word derived from
hard line.
hard linenounan uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
Example Sentences
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Mahmood, who has a reputation among Labour MPs as a hardliner on immigration, is responsible for that brief in the role, along with national security and for policing in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Lopez Aliaga, a Christian nationalist widely known as "Porky" over his self-professed resemblance to rotund cartoon character Porky Pig, campaigned as a hardliner on crime and migration.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
He was quickly replaced with his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who is widely believed to be even more of a hardliner.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. headline was “Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a staunch hardliner who mastered the art of playing his enemies off each other.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The hardliner, naturally, was Teller, who reminded his Livermore colleagues on the panel that a test ban struck at the heart of the lab’s very purpose.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
