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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Seven years later, in December 2014, the couple married in a traditional Samoan ceremony on Disney’s Castaway Cay, a private island in the Bahamas.Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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The encampments belonged to Muslim residents, known as Moros, who had fled their villages in Jolo, an island in the traditional Moro homeland of Mindanao, after the U.S. military took control in 1899.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The sentiment was echoed by former Fox host and conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Whatever cranky conservative quip Allen fires off is sanded down by the balance Dennings brings to the breakfast table.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Funnels and Pinch Points Funnels and pinch-points are among the most orthodox stand locations during the rut.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Harris emphasized distributional conflict at a time when few orthodox economists were doing so.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Hidebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidebound. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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