hidebound
[hahyd-bound]
adjective
narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
(of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.
RELATED WORDS
antipathetic, averse, biased, bigoted, communist, conservative, contemptuous, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, fanatical, fractious, hateful, illiberal, indignant, individualistic, inflexible, irate, irritable, jaundiced
Origin of hidebound
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Examples from the Web for hidebound
Contemporary Examples of hidebound
The GOP is still struggling to shed its hidebound, out-of-touch image, especially with voters not yet drawing Social Security.
Change is a necessary part of life, even in hidebound Washington.
Historical Examples of hidebound
I am thankful that Lady Hamilton and I are not hidebound by any such superstitions.
The AdmiralDouglas Sladen
Not depraved, certainly, unless you insist on judging it by a hidebound ethic.
EarthsmithMilton Lesser
It is more free and easy, not so hidebound and overrun with hypocrisy.
The Cottage of DelightWill N. Harben
He comes from a part of the country that's not so hidebound by caste as this country.
Nobody's ChildElizabeth Dejeans
The Amphibs were, in their way, as hidebound—no pun intended—as the Land-walkers.
Rastignac the DevilPhilip Jos Farmer
hidebound
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