as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years
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Recent Examples of hidebound
The first reason has to do with India’s hidebound and insular foreign policy establishment.
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Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2018
These outward-looking provinces felt far from the hidebound, internecine conservatism of the capital.
—Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
But we have not entirely broken with hidebound, stagnant tradition.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
But some Paris businesses are experiencing a bust 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.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
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Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2018
These outward-looking provinces felt far from the hidebound, internecine conservatism of the capital.
—Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
But we have not entirely broken with hidebound, stagnant tradition.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
But some Paris businesses are experiencing a bust 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.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hidebound
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Take advantage of the wide range of marketing alternatives, including social media, direct contact, and traditional channels, to see quickly what gets traction, and follow up to learn from failures.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Trump himself will address the nation with the traditional inaugural address.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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In recent years, DEI has become a social and political lightning rod for lawmakers, corporate leaders and conservative activists who have sought to cast such initiatives as unfair and even racist, with some emboldened by the Supreme Court’s gutting of affirmative action.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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At Costco’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders will vote on a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, that would require the company to report on any potential risks diversity programs could pose to profits.—
Nell Gallogly,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Around the same historical period, Israel instituted a divided education system based on nationality and religious observance, with four distinct school streams: Jewish secular, orthodox and ultra-orthodox schools taught primarily in Hebrew, and Arab schools taught in Arabic.—
Ayala Hendin,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Victorian Society of New York, which is often highly orthodox and disdainful about these kinds of changes, also came out in favor.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Hidebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidebound. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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