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hidebound

[ hahyd-bound ]

adjective

  1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible:

    a hidebound pedant.

  2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative:

    a hidebound philosopher.

  3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.


hidebound

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adjective

  1. restricted by petty rules, a conservative attitude, etc
  2. (of cattle, etc) having the skin closely attached to the flesh as a result of poor feeding
  3. (of trees) having a very tight bark that impairs growth
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hidebound1

First recorded in 1550–60; hide 2 + -bound 1
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But a huge part of it is just this default institutionalism, this hidebound risk aversion that I think has become a real cultural problem in the Democratic Party.

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There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism.

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Egyptian-backed young officers in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, staged a coup in 1962 against a hidebound theocratic leader who had long kept the country in a state of isolation.

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The production, which was at the Park Avenue Armory earlier this season, has arrived at the St. James Theatre in the role of deus ex machina, rescuing Broadway from its hidebound habits.

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In the State House, Ms. Haley resisted the rules of the state’s famously hidebound political club, said Tom Davis, a Republican and one of a small handful of state senators who have endorsed her.

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