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• hidebound — [[t]ha͟ɪdbaʊnd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ by n (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change. The men are… …   English dictionary

• hidebound — adjective hidebound traditionalists Syn: conservative, reactionary, conventional, orthodox; fundamentalist, diehard, hardline, dyed in the wool, set in one s ways, unyielding, inflexible; narrow minded, small minded, intolerant, uncompromising,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• conservative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprogressive; moderate; protective; unchanging, stable; reactionary, mossback, diehard, Tory. See permanence. Ant., liberal, radical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. traditional, reactionary,… …   English dictionary for students

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