hard-liner
Won't budge type
A hard-liner is someone who takes an uncompromising position, especially in politics or policy.
Hard-liners resist negotiation or moderation, holding firm to their principles even when compromise might be practical: Hard-liners in the party blocked the bipartisan bill.
The term implies rigidity, sometimes admirable resolve, sometimes stubborn inflexibility.
Obsessive cause supporter
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
fanatic · ideologue · purist · dogmatist · sectarian · absolutist · partisan · jingoist
Refusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
stubborn · rigid · unbending · immovable · steadfast · resolute · iron-willed · implacable
Taloned predatory bird
- stalwartUnwavering loyal supporter
- partisanBiased toward one side
- powerbrokerWielder of political influence
- whipStrikes or aerates
incumbent · authoritarian · nationalist · militarist · neoconservative · ultraconservative · reactionary · right-winger
zealot
Obsessive cause supporter
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
doctrinaire · fanatic · ideologue · purist · dogmatist · sectarian · absolutist · partisan · jingoist · chauvinist
intransigent
Refusing to compromise
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
obstinate · stubborn · rigid · unbending · immovable · steadfast · resolute · iron-willed · implacable · unflinching
hawk
Taloned predatory bird
- stalwartUnwavering loyal supporter
- partisanBiased toward one side
- powerbrokerWielder of political influence
whip · incumbent · authoritarian · nationalist · militarist · neoconservative · ultraconservative · reactionary · right-winger · left-winger
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter groups, splinter party, blocs
hard-linermoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
soft-liner · centrist · pragmatist · compromiser · middle-of-the-roader
hard-linerdove
Gentle cooing bird
peacemaker · conciliator · appeaser · negotiator · bridge-builder
hard-linersoft-liner
Advocate for moderation
dove · moderate · reformist · reformer · modernizer