hard line
No compromise position
A hard line is a strict, uncompromising position on an issue: The administration took a hard line on immigration.
As an adjective (usually hyphenated), hard-line describes someone who holds such positions: hard-line conservatives, a hard-line stance on negotiations.
A hard-liner is a person who refuses to compromise.
- zero-toleranceStrict, no-exceptions policy
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- firmSolid or resolute
- take a standPublicly commit to a position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
rigidity · resolute · dogmatism · stance · position · absolutism · intransigence · my way or the highway · strictness · ultimatum · adamant · confrontation · uncompromising · stubbornness · single-mindedness · principled · iron fist · authoritarian
- Negotiation Termsdeadlock, bargaining, negotiation, stalemate, compromise
- linesparallel lines, intersecting lines, dotted, dashed, curved
- Last Strawslast straw, fed up, breaking point, no more, tipping point
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
hard linecompromise
Agreement through mutual sacrifice
appeasement · moderation · accommodation · flexibility · middle ground
hard lineleniency
Mildness in punishment
soft touch · permissiveness · tolerance · gentleness · kid gloves